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Modifies user account control (UAC) values for an Active Directory account.
Microsoft ActiveDirectory reference: Modifies user account control (UAC) values for an Active Directory account. 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.
Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Set-ADAccountControl. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
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-AccountNotDelegated- Indicates whether the security context of the user is delegated to a service. When this parameter is set to true, the security context of the account is not delegated to a service even when the service account is set as trusted for Kerberos delegation. This parameter sets the AccountNotDelegated property for an Active Directory account. This parameter also sets the ADS_UF_NOT_DELEGATED flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute.
-AllowReversiblePasswordEncryption- Indicates whether reversible password encryption is allowed for the account. This parameter sets the AllowReversiblePasswordEncryption property of the account. This parameter also sets the ADS_UF_ENCRYPTED_TEXT_PASSWORD_ALLOWED flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute.
-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.
-CannotChangePassword- Indicates whether an account can change its password. To disallow password change by the account set this to $True. This parameter changes the Boolean value of the CannotChangePassword property of an account.
-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.
-DoesNotRequirePreAuth- Indicates whether Kerberos pre-authentication is required to logon using the user or computer account. This parameter sets the ADS_UF_DONT_REQUIRE_PREAUTH flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-Enabled- Specifies whether an account is enabled. An enabled account requires a password. This parameter sets the Enabled property for an account object. This parameter also sets the ADS_UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute.The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-HomedirRequired- Indicates whether a home directory is required for the account. This parameter sets the ADS_UF_HOMEDIR_REQUIRED flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute.The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-Identity (required)- Specifies an Active Directory account object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier in parentheses is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) display name for the attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - A distinguished name - A GUID (objectGUID) - A Security Identifier (objectSid) - A SAM Account Name (sAMAccountName) The cmdlet searches the default naming context or partition to find the object. If two or more objects are found, the cmdlet returns a non-terminating error. This parameter can also get this object through the pipeline or you can set this parameter to an account object instance. Derived types such as the following are also accepted: - Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADServiceAccount - Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADComputer - Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser
-MNSLogonAccount- Indicates whether the account is a Majority Node Set (MNS) logon account. This parameter also sets the ADS_UF_MNS_LOGON_ACCOUNT flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1 You can use MNS logon accounts to configure a multi-node cluster without using a shared disk drive.
-Partition- Specifies the distinguished name of an Active Directory partition. The distinguished name must be one of the naming contexts on the current directory server. The cmdlet searches this partition to find the object defined by the *Identity* parameter. In many cases, a default value is used for the *Partition* parameter if no value is specified. The rules for determining the default value are given below. Note that rules listed first are evaluated first and once a default value can be determined, no further rules are evaluated. In Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments, a default value for *Partition* is set in the following cases: - If the *Identity* parameter is set to a distinguished name, the default value of *Partition* is automatically generated from this distinguished name. - If running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive, the default value of *Partition* is automatically generated from the current path in the drive. - If none of the previous cases apply, the default value of *Partition* is set to the default partition or naming context of the target domain. In AD LDS environments, a default value for *Partition* is set in the following cases: - If the *Identity* parameter is set to a distinguished name, the default value of *Partition* is automatically generated from this distinguished name. - If running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive, the default value of *Partition* is automatically generated from the current path in the drive. - If the target AD LDS instance has a default naming context, the default value of *Partition* is set to the default naming context. To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment, set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent object (nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance. - If none of the previous cases apply, the *Partition* parameter will
-PassThru- Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
-PasswordNeverExpires- Indicates whether the password of an account can expire. This parameter sets the PasswordNeverExpires property of an account object. This parameter also sets the ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1 Note: This parameter cannot be set to $True for an account that also has the ChangePasswordAtLogon property set to $True.
-PasswordNotRequired- Indicates whether the account requires a password. This parameter sets the PasswordNotRequired property of an account, such as a user or computer account. This parameter also sets the ADS_UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-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
-TrustedForDelegation- Indicates whether an account is trusted for Kerberos delegation. A service that runs under an account that is trusted for Kerberos delegation can assume the identity of a client requesting the service. This parameter sets the TrustedForDelegation property of an account object. This value also sets the ADS_UF_TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-TrustedToAuthForDelegation- Indicates whether an account is enabled for delegation. When this parameter is set to true, a service running under such an account can impersonate a client on other remote servers on the network. This parameter sets the ADS_UF_TRUSTED_TO_AUTHENTICATE_FOR_DELEGATION flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-UseDESKeyOnly- Indicates whether an account is restricted to use only Data Encryption Standard encryption types for keys. This parameter sets the ADS_UF_USE_DES_KEY_ONLY flag of the Active Directory UAC attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - $False or 0 - $True or 1
-WhatIf- Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
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