Moving a User

Moving a User

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to move a user to a different organizational unit (OU).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to move the user SaraDavis to the OU Finance:
Get-ADUser SaraDavis | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Finance,DC=Fabrikam,Dc=com'

Additional information

In addition to the standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attributes, you can retrieve the following extended properties of the Get-ADUser cmdlet by using the -Properties parameter:

• City
  
• Country
  
• EmailAddress
  
• Fax
  
• LogonWorkstations
  
• MobilePhone
  
• Office
  
• OfficePhone
  
• Organization
  
• OtherName
  
• POBox
  
• SmartcardLogonRequired
  
• State
  
• Surname
  

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Get-ADUser or Move-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Get-ADUser –detailed or Get-Help Move-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.