Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Get-LocalUser
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Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Get-LocalUser

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 None

Accept 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 None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false This 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=822514

Disable-LocalUser

Enable-LocalUser

New-LocalUser

Remove-LocalUser

Rename-LocalUser

Set-LocalUser



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