Set-ADAccountPassword

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SYNOPSIS

Modifies the password of an Active Directory account.

SYNTAX

Set-ADAccountPassword [-Identity] <ADAccount> [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-NewPassword <SecureString>]
[-OldPassword <SecureString>] [-Partition <String>] [-PassThru [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Reset [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Server <String>] [-Confirm
[<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

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DESCRIPTION

The Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet sets the password for a user, computer or service account.


The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory account to modify.


You can identify an account by its distinguished name (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID) or security accounts manager (SAM) account name.
You can also set the Identity parameter to an object variable such as $<localADAccountObject>, or you can pass an object through the pipeline
to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Search-ADAccount cmdlet to retrieve an account object and then pass the object through
the pipeline to the Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet. Similarly, you can use Get-ADUser, Get-ADComputer or Get-ADServiceAccount, for standalone
MSAs, cmdlets to retrieve account objects that you can pass through the pipeline to this cmdlet.


Note: Group MSAs cannot set password since they are changed at predetermined intervals.


You must set the OldPassword and the NewPassword parameters to set the password unless you specify the Reset parameter. When you specify the
Reset parameter, the password is set to the NewPassword value that you provide and the OldPassword parameter is not required.


For AD LDS environments, the Partition parameter must be specified except in the following two conditions:


-The cmdlet is run from an Active Directory provider drive.


-A default naming context or partition is defined for the AD LDS environment. To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment,
set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent (DSA) object (nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance.

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Get-ADComputer
Get-ADServiceAccount
Get-ADUser
Search-ADAccount

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