Reset-ADXUserPassword

Namespace ADPlayground.PowerShell

Outputs

ADPlayground.DirectoryMutationResult

Resets an Active Directory user password.

Examples

Authored help example

Example 1: Preview a password reset for a helpdesk user


$password = ConvertTo-SecureString 'N3wPass!2026' -AsPlainText -Force
            Reset-ADXUserPassword -Identity 'marta.nowak' -Domain 'contoso.com' -NewPassword $password -ChangeAtNextLogon -WhatIf

Example 2: Reset a service account password without forcing next logon change


$password = ConvertTo-SecureString 'S3rv1ce!2026' -AsPlainText -Force
            Reset-ADXUserPassword -Identity 'svc_sql_ops' -Domain 'contoso.com' -NewPassword $password

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Syntax

Reset-ADXUserPassword -Identity <string> -NewPassword <SecureString> [-ChangeAtNextLogon] [-Domain <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

Identity string requiredposition: 0pipeline: falsealiases: CommonName, DistinguishedName, DN, Mail, Name, SamAccountName, UPN, UserPrincipalName: Gets or sets user identity (sAMAccountName, UPN, DN, mail, or name).
NewPassword SecureString requiredposition: 1pipeline: false: Gets or sets the new password as a secure string.
ChangeAtNextLogon SwitchParameter optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets whether to enforce password change at next logon.
Domain string optionalposition: namedpipeline: falsealiases: DomainName: Gets or sets the optional domain DNS name.

Outputs

ADPlayground.DirectoryMutationResult