New-FakeADUser.ps1
19 Sep 2025Description
Purpose
Creates a new fake Active Directory user.
Detailed Description
This function creates a new fake Active Directory user with the specified parameters.
Usage
Example 1
PS C:\> New-FakeADUser -Name "John Doe" -Title "Manager" -GivenName "John" -Surname "Doe" -DisplayName "John Doe" -SamAccountName "jdoe" -UserPrincipalName "[email protected]" -StreetAddress "123 Main St" -State "CA" -City "Los Angeles" -Country "USA" -PostalCode "90001" -AccountPassword "P@ssw0rd" -Path "OU=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com"
This example creates a new fake Active Directory user with the specified parameters.
Notes
General notes about the function.
Script
function New-FakeADUser {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Creates a new fake Active Directory user.
.DESCRIPTION
This function creates a new fake Active Directory user with the specified parameters.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> New-FakeADUser -Name "John Doe" -Title "Manager" -GivenName "John" -Surname "Doe" -DisplayName "John Doe" -SamAccountName "jdoe" -UserPrincipalName "[email protected]" -StreetAddress "123 Main St" -State "CA" -City "Los Angeles" -Country "USA" -PostalCode "90001" -AccountPassword "P@ssw0rd" -Path "OU=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com"
This example creates a new fake Active Directory user with the specified parameters.
.INPUTS
None.
.OUTPUTS
None.
.NOTES
General notes about the function.
#>
[CmdletBinding(
SupportsShouldProcess = $true,
DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")]
param (
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the name of the user."
)]
[string]
$Name,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the title of the user."
)]
[string]
$Title,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the given name of the user."
)]
[string]
$GivenName,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the surname of the user."
)]
[string]
$Surname,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the display name of the user."
)]
[string]
$DisplayName,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the SamAccountName of the user."
)]
[string]
$SamAccountName,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the street address of the user."
)]
[string]
$StreetAddress,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the state of the user."
)]
[string]
$State,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the city of the user."
)]
[string]
$City,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the country of the user."
)]
[string]
$Country,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the postal code of the user."
)]
[string]
$PostalCode,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the user principal name of the user."
)]
[string]
$UserPrincipalName,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the path of the user."
)]
[string]
$Path,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $false,
ParameterSetName = "Default",
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
HelpMessage = "Please enter the account password of the user."
)]
[string]
$AccountPassword
)
begin {
}
process {
$userUserSettings = @{
Name = $_.Name
Title = $_.Title
GivenName = $_.GivenName
Surname = $_.Surname
DisplayName = $_.DisplayName
SamAccountName = $_.SamAccountName
UserPrincipalName = $_.UserPrincipalName
StreetAddress = $_.StreetAddress
State = $_.State
City = $_.City
Country = $_.Country
PostalCode = $_.PostalCode
AccountPassword = (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $AccountPassword -AsPlainText -Force)
Enabled = $true
ChangePasswordAtLogon = $true
Path = $_.Path
}
New-ADUser @userUserSettings -verbose
}
end {
}
}
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