Reset AD User Password using Powershell script

Reset AD User Password using Powershell cmdlet

You can reset a single Active Directory user password using below powershel command by passing user’s samAccountName, you can also use user’s GUID or DN instead of samAccountName.

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
# Set the new password
$newPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "MyP@ssw0rd" -Force 
Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity Smith -NewPassword $newPassword -Reset

Reset set of Active Directory User’s Password

The below powershell command reset all the user’s password from TestOU because I have used this LDAP filter ‘(name=*)‘. You can use your own LDAPfilter and SearchBase to select set of users to reset password.

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$newPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText “MyP@ssw0rd” -Force 
Get-ADUser -LDAPfilter '(name=*)'`
  -SearchBase "OU=TestOU,DC=TestDomain,DC=local" | 
Set-ADAccountPassword  -NewPassword $newPassword -Reset

Bulk AD Users Password Reset from CSV

   1. Consider the CSV file ADUsers.csv (Ex file: Download ADUsers.csv) which contains set of Active Directory users to reset password with the attribute samAccountName.

   2. Copy the below Powershell script and paste in Notepad file.
   3. Change the ADUsers.csv file path with your own csv file path.
   4. SaveAs the Notepad file with the extension .ps1 like Reset-Bulk-AD-Users-Pwd-FromCSV.ps1

Powershell script as file: Download Reset-Bulk-AD-Users-Pwd-FromCSV.ps1

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
# Set the new password
$newPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "MyP@ssw0rd" -Force 
# Import users from CSV
Import-Csv "C:\ScriptsADUsers.csv" | ForEach-Object {
 $samAccountName = $_."samAccountName" 

# Reset user password.
Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity $samAccountName -NewPassword $newPassword -Reset

# Force user to reset password at next logon.
# Remove this line if not needed for you
Set-AdUser -Identity $samAccountName -ChangePasswordAtLogon $true
Write-Host " AD Password has been reset for: "$samAccountName
}

   5. Now run the file Reset-Bulk-AD-Users-Pwd-FromCSV.ps1 from Powershell command to reset bulk AD user’s password from CSV file.

PS C:Scripts>  .Reset-Bulk-AD-Users-Pwd-FromCSV.ps1