Manage Azure AD users
Updated: July 30, 2015
Applies To: Azure, Azure Active Directory, Office 365, Windows Intune
Manage users
Use the following cmdlets to perform a variety of tasks related to managing users, passwords, and UPNs.
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The Convert-MsolFederatedUser cmdlet is used to update a user in a domain that was recently converted from single sign-on (also known as identity federation) to standard authentication type. A new password must be provided for the user. |
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The Get-MsolUser cmdlet can be used to retrieve an individual user, or list of users. An individual user will be retrieved if the ObjectId or UserPrincipalName parameter is used. |
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The New-MsolUser cmdlet is used to create a new user in Azure AD. In order to give the user access to services, they must also be assigned a license (using the LicenseAssignment parameter). |
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The Remove-MsolUser cmdlet is used to remove a user from Azure AD. This cmdlet will delete the user, their licenses, and any other associated data. |
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The Restore-MsolUser cmdlet restores a user that is in the Deleted users view to their original state. Users will remain in the Deleted users view for 30 days. |
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The Set-MsolUser cmdlet is used to update a user object. Note that this cmdlet should be used for basic properties only. The licenses, password, and User Principal Name for a user can be updated through Set-MsolUserLicense, Set-MsolUserPassword and Set-MsolUserPrincipalName cmdlets respectively. |
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The Set-MsolUserPassword cmdlet is used to change the password of a user. This cmdlet can only be used for users with standard identities. |
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The Set-MsolUserPrincipalName cmdlet is used to change the User Principal Name () of a user. This cmdlet can be used to move a user between a federated and standard domain, which will result in their authentication type changing to that of the target domain. |
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The Redo-MsolProvisionUser cmdlet can be used to retry the provisioning of a user object in Azure Active Directory when a previous attempt to create the user object resulted in a validation error. |