NAME
Get-LocalUser
SYNOPSIS
Gets local user accounts.SYNTAX
Get-LocalUser [[-Name]
] [ ] Get-LocalUser [[-SID]
] [ ] DESCRIPTION
The Get-LocalUser cmdlet gets local user accounts. This cmdlet gets default built-in user accounts, local user
accounts that you created, and local accounts that you connected to Microsoft accounts.PARAMETERS
-Name
Specifies an array of names of user accounts that this cmdlet gets. You can use the wildcard character. Required? false Position? 0 Default value NoneAccept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false-SID
Specifies an array of security IDs (SIDs) of user accounts that this cmdlet gets. Required? false Position? 0 Default value NoneAccept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? falseThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTS
System.String, System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier You can pipe a string or SID to this cmdlet.OUTPUTS
System.Management.Automation.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalUser[] This cmdlet returns local user accounts.NOTES
The PrincipalSource property is a property on LocalUser , LocalGroup , and LocalPrincipal * objects that
describes the source of the object. The possible sources are as follows:- Local
- Active Directory
- Azure Active Directory group
- Microsoft Account PrincipalSource is supported only by Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and later versions
of the Windows operating system. For earlier versions, the property is blank.Example 1: Get an account by using its name
PS C:\>Get-LocalUser -Name "AdminContoso02"
Name Enabled Description
---- ------- -----------
AdminContoso02 True Description of this account. This command gets a user account named AdminContoso02.Example 2: Get an account that is connected to a Microsoft account
PS C:\>Get-LocalUser -Name "MicrosoftAccount\username@Outlook.com"
Name Enabled Description
---- ------- -----------
MicrosoftAccount\user name@outlook.com True Description of this account. This command gets a user account that is connected to a Microsoft account. This example uses a placeholder value for the user name of an account at Outlook.com.Example 3: Get an account that is connected to a Microsoft account
PS C:\>Get-LocalUser -SecurityIdentifier "S-1-5-2"
Name Enabled Description
---- ------- -----------
MicrosoftAccount\user name@contoso.com True Description of this account. This command gets a local user account that has the specified SID.RELATED LINKS
Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=822514Disable-LocalUser
Enable-LocalUser
New-LocalUser
Remove-LocalUser
Rename-LocalUser
Set-LocalUser