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Creates a new claim type in Active Directory.
Microsoft ActiveDirectory reference: Creates a new claim type in Active Directory. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
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Windows / ActiveDirectory · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
-AppliesToClasses- This parameter is used to specify the security principal classes to which this claim applies. Possible values for this parameter include the following or any Active Directory type that derives from these base types: - User - Computer - InetOrgPerson - msDS-ManagedServiceAccount - msDS-GroupManagedServiceAccount
-AuthType- Specifies the authentication method to use. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - Negotiate or 0 - Basic or 1 The default authentication method is Negotiate. A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required for the Basic authentication method.
-Confirm- Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Credential- Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. The default credentials are the credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell provider drive. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the default. To specify this parameter, you can type a user name, such as User1 or Domain01\User01 or you can specify a PSCredential object. If you specify a user name for this parameter, the cmdlet prompts for a password. You can also create a PSCredential object by using a script or by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. You can then set the *Credential* parameter to the PSCredential object. If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell returns a terminating error.
-Description- Specifies a description of the object. This parameter sets the value of the Description property for the object. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) display name (ldapDisplayName) for this property is description.
-DisplayName (required)- Specifies the display name of the claim type, which must be unique. The display name of a claim type can be used as an identity in other Active Directory cmdlets. For example, if the display name of a claim type is Employee Type, then you can use the Get-ADClaimType cmdlet to retrieve the Employee Type claim type.
-Enabled- Specifies whether the claim type is enabled.
-ID- Specifies the claim type ID. This is an optional parameter. By default, New-ADClaimType generates the ID automatically. The ID should only be set manually in a multi-forest environment where the same claim types need to work across forests. For claim types to be considered identical across forests, their ID must be the same. To specify the ID, the ID string must conform to the following format: - The ID must have a maximum of 37 characters. - The ID must have at least one slash (/). - The ID must have at least one colon before the first slash. - The ID must not have the slash as the last character. - The ID must contain valid file characters only. An example is ad://ext/BusinessImpact.
-Instance- Specifies an instance of a claim type object to use as a template for a new claim type object. You can use an instance of an existing claim type object as a template or you can construct a new claim type object by using the Windows PowerShell command line or by using a script. Method 1: Use an existing claim type object as a template for a new object. To retrieve an instance of an existing claim type object, use a cmdlet such as Get-ADClaimType. Then provide this object to the *Instance* parameter of the New-ADClaimType cmdlet to create a new claim type object. You can override property values of the new object by setting the appropriate parameters. Method 2: Create a new claim type and set the property values by using the Windows PowerShell command line interface. Then pass this object to the *Instance* parameter of the New-ADClaimType cmdlet to create the new claim type object. Note: Specified attributes are not validated, so attempting to set attributes that do not exist or cannot be set will raise an error.
-IsSingleValued- Specifies whether the claim type is single valued or multi-valued.
-OtherAttributes- Specifies object attribute values for attributes that are not represented by cmdlet parameters. You can set one or more parameters at the same time with this parameter. If an attribute takes more than one value, you can assign multiple values. To identify an attribute, specify the LDAPDisplayName (ldapDisplayName) defined for it in the Active Directory schema. Syntax: To specify a single value for an attribute: -OtherAttributes @{'AttributeLDAPDisplayName'=value} To specify multiple values for an attribute -OtherAttributes @{'AttributeLDAPDisplayName'=value1,value2,...} You can specify values for more than one attribute by using semicolons to separate attributes. The following syntax shows how to set values for multiple attributes: -OtherAttributes @{'Attribute1LDAPDisplayName'=value; 'Attribute2LDAPDisplayName'=value1,value2;...}
-PassThru- Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
-ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion- Specifies whether to prevent the object from being deleted. When this property is set to $True, you cannot delete the corresponding object without changing the value of the property. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-RestrictValues- This parameter is used to specify whether the claim type may have values outside of the *SuggestedValues* parameter. If this is set to true, then the claim should only have values specified in the *SuggestedValues* parameter. Note that Active Directory does not enforce this restriction. It is up to the applications that use these claims to enforce the restriction.
-Server- Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to, by providing one of the following values for a corresponding domain name or directory server. The service may be any of the following: Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory snapshot instance. Specify the Active Directory Domain Services instance in one of the following ways: Domain name values: - Fully qualified domain name - NetBIOS name Directory server values: - Fully qualified directory server name - NetBIOS name - Fully qualified directory server name and port The default value for this parameter is determined by one of the following methods in the order that they are listed: - By using the *Server* value from objects passed through the pipeline - By using the server information associated with the Active Directory Domain Services Windows PowerShell provider drive, when the cmdlet runs in that drive - By using the domain of the computer running Windows PowerShell
-SourceAttribute (required)- Specifies an Active Directory attribute from which this claim type is based, and from which the claim value is obtained. The input must be the distinguished name, Name, or GUID of the attribute definition in the schema. Acceptable values include attributes of the following schema class objects: User, InetOrgPerson, Computer, ManagedServiceAccount, GroupManagedServiceAccount, and Auxiliary, except for the following attributes: Attributes marked as defunct in the schema- Blocked attributes such as dBCSPwd, lmPwdHistory, and unicodePwd Attributes that are not replicated Attributes that are not available on read-only domain controllers Attributes with syntaxes not based on the following: - String Object (DS-DN) - String (Unicode) - Boolean - Integer - Large Integer - String (OID) - String (SD)
-SourceOID (required)- Specifies a string that can be used to configure a certificate-based claim type source. For example, use this parameter to create certificate-based claim types when you want to use smartcard logon claims for authorization decisions. The *SourceOID* parameter uses the string representation of an object identifier (OID) from the issuance policy found in the certificate and on the certificate template when using Active Directory Certificate Services. An example of an OID is 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.47.2.5.
-SourceTransformPolicy (required)- Indicates that the claim type is sourced from the claims transformation policy engine.
-SuggestedValues- Specifies one or more suggested values for the claim type. An application may choose to present this list of suggested values for the user to choose from. When the *RestrictValues* parameter is set to a value of $True, the application should limit the user to selecting values from this list only.
-ValueType (required)- Specifies the value type for this claim type. The following are the valid value types: - Int64 - UInt64 - String - FQBN - SID - Boolean - OctetString
-WhatIf- Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
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