Active Directory Administration Cookbook

Using Windows PowerShell

Use the following lines of PowerShell on a system with the Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell installed to enable a user object:

Import-Module ActiveDirectoryUnlock-ADAccount -Identity "CN=User,CN=Users,DC=lucernpub,DC=com"

To unlock all locked-out accounts throughout the Active Directory domain, combine the commands from the Finding locked-out accounts recipe with the preceding lines in the following way:

Import-Module ActiveDirectorySearch-ADAccount -LockedOut -UsersOnly | Unlock-ADAccount