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Creates a resource property in Active Directory.
Microsoft ActiveDirectory reference: Creates a resource property 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
-AppliesToResourceTypes- Specifies the resource types to which this resource property is applied.
-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 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 LDAP Display Name (ldapDisplayName) for this property is description.
-DisplayName (required)- Specifies the display name of the resource property. The display name of the resource property must be unique. The display name of a resource property can be used as an identity in other Active Directory cmdlets. For example, if the display name of a resource property is Country, then you can type Get-ADResourceProperty -Identity "Country" to get the resource property.
-Enabled- Indicates whether the resource property is enabled.
-ID- Specifies the resource property ID. This is an optional parameter. By default, New-ADResourceProperty generates the ID automatically. The ID should only be set manually in a multi-forest environment where the same resource properties need to work across forests. For resource properties 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: - Start with a prefix string of one to 15 characters in length. - The prefix string must be followed by an underscore. - The prefix string and underscore must be followed by a suffix string of 1 to 16 characters in length. - All characters contained in either prefix or suffix strings must contain only valid filename characters.
-Instance- Specifies an instance of a resource property object to use as a template for a new resource property object. You can use an instance of an existing resource property object as a template or you can construct a new resource property object by using the Windows PowerShell command line or by using a script. Method 1: Use an existing resource property object as a template for a new object. To retrieve an instance of an existing resource property object, use a cmdlet such as Get-ADResourceProperty. Then provide this object to the *Instance* parameter of the New-ADResourceProperty cmdlet to create a new resource property object. You can override property values of the new object by setting the appropriate parameters. Method 2: Create a new ADResourceProperty and set the property values by using the Windows PowerShell command line interface. Then pass this object to the *Instance* parameter of the New-ADResourceProperty cmdlet to create the new resource property object. Note: Specified attributes are not validated, so attempting to set attributes that do not exist or cannot be set raises an error.
-IsSecured- Indicates whether the resource property is secure. Only secure resource properties can be used for authorization decisions or used within central access rules. Unsecured resource properties cannot be used for these purposes.
-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. 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
-ResourcePropertyValueType (required)- Specifies the value type for a resource property. When a resource property is passed to a resource manager (for example, File Server), the resource manager leverages the resource property value type to determine how to handle the resource property. You can use the Get-ADResourcePropertyValueType cmdlet to get the list of resource property value types. Below is a list of the built-in resource property value types available in Active Directory: - MS-DS-SinglevaluedChoice - MS-DS-YesNo - MS-DS-Number - MS-DS-DateTime - MS-DS-OrderedList - MS-DS-Text - MS-DS-MultivaluedText - MS-DS-MultivaluedChoice
-Server- Specifies the AD DS 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: AD LDS, AD DS, or Active Directory snapshot instance. Specify the AD DS 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 AD DS Windows PowerShell provider drive, when the cmdlet runs in that drive - By using the domain of the computer running Windows PowerShell
-SharesValuesWith- Specifies a reference resource property. Reference resource properties do not provide their own suggested values, but rather use the suggested values from the claim type object specified in this parameter. This enables the resource property to always remain valid for use in comparisons to its referred claim type within a central access rule.
-SuggestedValues- Specifies one or more suggested values for the resource property. An application may choose to present this list of suggested values for the user to choose from. When RestrictValues is set to $True, the application should restrict the user to pick values from this list only.
-WhatIf- Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
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