Search and unlock an Active Directory user account by PowerShell

In Windows Sever 2008 R2 or later, we can easily locate a locked Active Directory user account by performing "Search-ADAccount -LockedOut".

Remark: In Windows Server 2008 R2, you have to import the Active Directory module by "Import-Module ActiveDirectory" before performing the Active Directory cmdlets.

In order to unlock an Active Directory user account, we can perform "Unlock-ADAccount -Identity User1 -PassThru" to unlock the locked Active Directory user account.

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Use PowerShell to Find Locked-Out User Accounts

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