Get-LocalUser [[-Name] <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]Get-LocalUser [[-SID] <SecurityIdentifier[]>] [<CommonParameters>]The Get-LocalUser cmdlet gets local user accounts. This cmdlet gets default built-in user accounts, local user accounts that you created, and local accounts that you connected to Microsoft accounts.
Parameters
-Name <String[]>
- Default value is None
- Accepts pipeline input ByPropertyName
Specifies an array of names of user accounts that this cmdlet gets. You can use the wildcard character.
-SID <SecurityIdentifier[]>
- Default value is None
- Accepts pipeline input ByPropertyName
Specifies an array of security IDs (SIDs) of user accounts that this cmdlet gets.
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
Inputs
System.String, System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifierOutputs
System.Management.Automation.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalUser[]Examples
- Get an account by using its name:
PS C:\> Get-LocalUser -Name "AdminContoso02" Name Enabled Description ---- ------- ----------- AdminContoso02 True Description of this account.This command gets a user account named AdminContoso02.
- Get an account that is connected to a Microsoft account:
PS C:\> Get-LocalUser -Name "MicrosoftAccount\[email protected]" Name Enabled Description ---- ------- ----------- MicrosoftAccount\user [email protected] True Description of this account.This command gets a user account that is connected to a Microsoft account. This example uses a placeholder value for the user name of an account at Outlook.com.
- Get an account that is connected to a Microsoft account:
PS C:\> Get-LocalUser -SecurityIdentifier "S-1-5-2" Name Enabled Description ---- ------- ----------- MicrosoftAccount\user [email protected] True Description of this account.This command gets a local user account that has the specified SID.
Additional Notes
The PrincipalSource property is a property on LocalUser , LocalGroup , and LocalPrincipal * objects that describes the source of the object. The possible sources are as follows: - Local - Active Directory - Azure Active Directory group - Microsoft Account PrincipalSource is supported only by Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and later versions of the Windows operating system. For earlier versions, the property is blank.