New-RandomADUser

Table of Contents

• New-RandomADUser
• Description
• Features
• Requirements
• Install module from PowerShell Gallery
• Usage and Examples
  • Create a random User account in the lab.local domain in the Test OU
  • Create 100 random User accounts in the lab.local domain with a prefix of tst
• Contributing
• License

Description

This PowerShell module generates random Active Directory users. It is primarily intended for testing purposes such as:

• Populating Active Directory with test users for performance and security testing.
• Creating realistic user accounts for security simulations.
• Generating sample data for development and training environments.

Features

• Generates users with random first and last names and cryptographically secure 16-character passwords.
• Guarantees that every generated password contains lowercase, uppercase, numeric, and special characters.
• Ability to specify the desired target Organizational Unit (OU).
• Supports generating multiple users and adding a prefix to their usernames.

Requirements

• PowerShell v5.1 or later: The module leverages PowerShell's Active Directory cmdlets.
• Active Directory Module: Ensure the Active Directory module is installed (Import-Module ActiveDirectory).
• Permissions: The user executing the script must have appropriate permissions in Active Directory to create user accounts.

Install module from PowerShell Gallery

Install-Module -Name New-RandomADUser

Usage and Examples

Create a random User account in the lab.local domain in the Test OU

New-RandomADUser -Domain lab.local -OU "OU=Test,DC=lab,DC=local"

Create 100 random User accounts in the lab.local domain with a prefix of tst

New-RandomADUser -Domain lab.local -OU "OU=Test,DC=lab,DC=local" -Count 100 -Prefix "tst-"

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit issues and pull requests to the GitHub repository.

License

This module is licensed under the MIT License.