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sanjacob
sanjacob

Reputation: 71

Changing Attribute Name in Active Directory with Powershell

I'm trying to change the name parameter of a user in Active Directory. I have tried the below code but it's not working. The error is always "the name parameter is not known":

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
    
$oldName = "OldUserName"
$newName = "NewUserName"
    
$user = Get-ADUser -Identity $oldName
    
Set-ADUser -Identity $user -Name $newName

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 172

Answers (1)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174815

To change the name attribute of an AD object, use Rename-ADObject:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

$oldName = "OldUserName"
$newName = "NewUserName"

$user = Get-ADUser -Identity $oldName

$user |Rename-ADObject -NewName $newName

Upvotes: 2

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