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[POWERSHELL] Unlock Active Directory Account v1.1

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  1. # Purpose:        Unlocks Active Directory accounts
  2. # Requirements:   Network admin rights
  3. # Author:         vocatus on reddit.com/r/sysadmin and /r/usefulscripts
  4. # History:        1.1 + Added Prep section with standard variables to be consistent with other scripts
  5. #                 1.0   Initial write
  6. # Usage:          Pass account names to be unlocked as arguments, e.g. .\unlock_AD_account.ps1 MyAccountName MySecondAccountName
  7.  
  8.  
  9. ########
  10. # Prep #
  11. ########
  12. $VERSION="1.1"
  13. $UPDATED=2014-01-16
  14. $CUR_DATE=get-date -f "yyyy-MM-dd"
  15.  
  16. #############
  17. # VARIABLES # -- Set these to your desired values
  18. #############
  19. # Logging information. No trailing slashes (\) on directory names
  20. $LOGPATH=$env:systemdrive + "\Logs"
  21. $LOGFILE=$env:computername + "_AD_unlock_account.log"
  22.  
  23.  
  24. #############
  25. # EXECUTION #
  26. #############
  27. # If no arguments were passed, spit out a message and die.
  28. # AKA if "$args" is false / aka not true, then do this stuff
  29. if (! $args) {
  30.     write-host
  31.     Write-Host "Pass names of accounts to unlock, separated by spaces. e.g. .\unlock_AD_account.ps1 MyAccountName MySecondAccountName" -foregroundcolor white
  32.     write-host
  33.     Break
  34.     }
  35.  
  36. # Log that the script was triggered
  37. "$CUR_DATE "+ $(get-date -f "hh:mm:ss") + " Account lockout script triggered. Executing..." >> $LOGPATH\$LOGFILE
  38.  
  39. # Do the unlock
  40. foreach ($i in $args) {
  41.     unlock-adaccount $i
  42.     write-host $i unlocked -foregroundcolor green
  43.     "$CUR_DATE "+ $(get-date -f "hh:mm:ss") + " $i unlocked" >> $LOGPATH\$LOGFILE
  44.     #if $LASTEXITCODE -ne "0" write-host $i failed to unlock -foregroundcolor red
  45.     }
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