azure-docs-powershell-azuread/azureadps-2.0/AzureAD/Get-AzureADUser.md

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Get-AzureADUser

SYNOPSIS

Gets a user.

SYNTAX

GetQuery (Default)

Get-AzureADUser [-All <Boolean>] [-Top <Int32>] [-Filter <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

GetVague

Get-AzureADUser [-SearchString <String>] [-All <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]

GetById

Get-AzureADUser -ObjectId <String> [-All <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

The Get-AzureADUser cmdlet gets a user from the Microsoft Entra ID.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Get top ten users

PS C:\>Get-AzureADUser -Top 10

This command gets 10 users.

Example 2: Get a user by ID

PS C:\>Get-AzureADUser -ObjectId "testUpn@tenant.com"

This command gets the specified user.

Example 3: Search among retrieved users

PS C:\> Get-AzureADUser -SearchString "New"

ObjectId                             DisplayName UserPrincipalName                   UserType
--------                             ----------- -----------------                   --------
5e8b0f4d-2cd4-4e17-9467-b0f6a5c0c4d0 New user    NewUser@contoso.onmicrosoft.com     Member
2b450b8e-1db6-42cb-a545-1b05eb8a358b New user    NewTestUser@contoso.onmicrosoft.com Member

This cmdlet gets all users that match the value of SearchString against the first characters in DisplayName or UserPrincipalName.

Example 4: Get a user by userPrincipalName

PS C:\>Get-AzureADUser -Filter "userPrincipalName eq 'jondoe@contoso.com'"

This command gets the specified user.

Example 5: Get a user by JobTitle

PS C:\>Get-AzureADUser -Filter "startswith(JobTitle,'Sales')"

This command gets all the users whose job title starts with sales, e.g Sales Manager, and Sales Assistant.

PARAMETERS

-All

If true, return all users. If false, return the number of objects specified by the Top parameter

Type: Boolean
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Filter

Specifies an OData v3.0 filter statement. This parameter controls which objects are returned. Details on querying with OData can be found here. http://www.odata.org/documentation/odata-version-3-0/odata-version-3-0-core-protocol/#queryingcollections. Not all of the OData v3.0 functions and operators are supported at this time.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: GetQuery
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ObjectId

Specifies the ID (as a UPN or ObjectId) of a user in Microsoft Entra ID.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: GetById
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SearchString

Specifies a search string.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: GetVague
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Top

Specifies the maximum number of records to return.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: GetQuery
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

NOTES

See the migration guide for Get-AzureADUser to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

New-AzureADUser

Remove-AzureADUser

Set-AzureADUser