| ADUC Task | PowerShell Command | |-----------|--------------------| | Create user | New-ADUser -Name "John Smith" -GivenName John -Surname Smith -SamAccountName jsmith | | Reset password | Set-ADAccountPassword jsmith -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "P@ssw0rd" -AsPlainText -Force) | | Unlock account | Unlock-ADAccount jsmith | | Move to OU | Get-ADUser jsmith \| Move-ADObject -TargetPath "OU=Sales,DC=domain,DC=com" | | Disable user | Disable-ADAccount jsmith |
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