Code/Function/Public/Set-ADUserPassword.ps1
Function Set-ADUserPassword { <# .SYNOPSIS Set password for AD user .DESCRIPTION This script creates random password and sets them to specific ad users. .PARAMETER User Ad user to get a new password. .PARAMETER PasswordLength The length of the new password. .INPUTS System.String[] System.Object[] System.Int[] .OUTPUTS System.Object[] .EXAMPLE Set-ADUserPassword -User gisp -PasswordLength 12 .LINK https://github.com/gisp497/psgisp #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory=$true, HelpMessage="Ad user to get a new password" )] $User, [Parameter( Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Length of the password" )] [int]$PasswordLength = 24, [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "number of special characters in password")] [int]$SpecialCharacter = 8 ) Begin{ Write-Verbose "Install ActiveDirectory module" if(Get-Module -ListAvailable ActiveDirectory){ Import-Module ActiveDirectory }else{ Try{ Install-WindowsFeature -Name "RSAT-AD-PowerShell" }catch{ Throw "Cant import module ActiveDirectory. Error: $_" } } #create Output Array $OutputObject = @() } Process{ #Get ADuser $user | Get-ADUser | Foreach-Object{ Write-Verbose "Set the new user password" $password = Get-RandomString -Length $PasswordLength -SpecialCharacter $SpecialCharacter -SecureString Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity $_ -NewPassword $password -Reset #Create psobject $credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($_.SamAccountName, $password) #Add Object to Array $OutputObject += $credential } } End{ #Return output return $OutputObject } } |