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This will work on a file of userids (SamAccountName)<br />
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Get-content &quot;c:\Script Files\Users.txt&quot; | ForEach-Object {<br />
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$user=Get-QADUser $_<br />
If ($user -ne $null)<br />
{Write-Host &quot;$_.SamAccountName User Account Found&quot;}<br />
Else {Write-Host &quot;$_.SamAccountName User Account *NOT* Found&quot;}<br />
}
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I don't know how fancy you need that to be... It could be tweaked to export out to a file, etc...<br />

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Oops. Just leave the .SamAccountName off of the $_<br />

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Works great. &nbsp;Thanks for the tip.
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I have a static list of usernames that I want to compare against Active Directory to determine if they exist or not. &nbsp;The list of names is in text format. &nbsp;Ideally, I would like to know if the object exists even if the account is disabled.
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I have a static list of usernames that I want to compare against Active Directory to determine if they exist or not.  The list of names is in text format.  Ideally, I would like to know if the object exists even if the account is disabled.

This will work on a file of userids (SamAccountName)


Get-content &quot;c:\Script Files\Users.txt&quot; | ForEach-Object {

$user=Get-QADUser $_
If ($user -ne $null)
{Write-Host &quot;$_.SamAccountName User Account Found&quot;}
Else {Write-Host &quot;$_.SamAccountName User Account *NOT* Found&quot;}
}
I don&#39;t know how fancy you need that to be... It could be tweaked to export out to a file, etc...


Oops. Just leave the .SamAccountName off of the $_


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