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AD Script - Fetch User Account Password related details

 <#Created By - Abhishek Bansal

Read Note 

Script Usage - Finding UserID password related details such as -

1. Password Expired or not ?

2. If Expired, then on which day it's going to expired ?

3. How many days left before it expires ?

4. Whether UserId is active or not ?

Pre requisite :: Copy all the code into a text file, save it with an extension ".PS1". On the same location create a file named "Input.txt" containing Samaccountname of all the users against which you are looking to get info.

Execution & Outputs :: Once executed Output will be saved in a file named Userdetails_$date.csv for detailed output.#>


$inputuserids = Get-Content ./Input.txt

$date = $(Get-Date -Format "dd_MM_yyy")+".csv"

foreach($userid in $inputuserids)

{

    try{


Get-ADUser -Identity $userid -Properties Displayname,msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed,PasswordExpired,Enabled,`

Passwordlastset | Select Displayname,Samaccountname,@{n="AccountStatus";e={if($($_.Enabled) -eq $true){"Active"}else{"Disabled"}}},`

Passwordlastset,PasswordExpired,@{n="ExpiryDate";e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_."msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed")}},`

@{n="DaysLeft";e={(New-TimeSpan -Start $(Get-Date) -End $([datetime]::FromFileTime($_."msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed"))).Days}}`

| Export-Csv ./Userdetails_$date.csv -NoTypeInformation -Append


}

catch

{

$userid | Select-Object -Property @{n="Displayname";e={"NA"}},@{n="Samaccountname";e={$userid}},@{n="AccountStatus";e={"NA"}},@{n="Passwordlastset";e={"NA"}},@{n="PasswordExpired";e={"NA"}},@{n="ExpiryDate";e={"NA"}},@{n="DaysLeft";e={"NA"}}| Export-Csv ./Userdetails_$date.csv -NoTypeInformation -Append


}


}

Sample Output