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New-AcctADAccount

August 9, 2024
Contributed by: 
C

Creates Active Directory (AD) computer accounts in the specified identity pool.

Syntax

New-AcctADAccount
   -IdentityPoolUid <Guid>
   -Count <Int32>
   [-StartCount <Int32>]
   [-ADUserName <String>]
   [-ADPassword <SecureString>]
   [-Parallelism <Int32>]
   [-UseServiceAccount]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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New-AcctADAccount
   [-IdentityPoolName] <String>
   -Count <Int32>
   [-StartCount <Int32>]
   [-ADUserName <String>]
   [-ADPassword <SecureString>]
   [-Parallelism <Int32>]
   [-UseServiceAccount]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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New-AcctADAccount
   -IdentityPoolUid <Guid>
   -ADAccountName <String[]>
   [-ADUserName <String>]
   [-ADPassword <SecureString>]
   [-Parallelism <Int32>]
   [-UseServiceAccount]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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New-AcctADAccount
   [-IdentityPoolName] <String>
   -ADAccountName <String[]>
   [-ADUserName <String>]
   [-ADPassword <SecureString>]
   [-Parallelism <Int32>]
   [-UseServiceAccount]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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Description

Provides the ability to create new Active Directory (AD) computer accounts and register them in an already existing identity pool.

The accounts are created using the information stored in the identity pool. This provides the account name (via the Naming Scheme property and Start Count), domain, and OU.

The user performing the operation in PowerShell must have sufficient permissions in AD to create new computer accounts. If the current user does not have permissions, the ADUserName and ADPassword parameters can be used to provide credentials for a user with permissions.

The AD account names will pad the index to use all the space specified in the identity pool naming scheme (e.g. “acc###” will become “acc001”). However, if the index overflows the available space the cmdlet expands the format to use the next incremental number (e.g. “acc###” will become “acc1000” if the index is 1000, which cannot fit into the three ‘#’ placeholders). If this expanded name exceeds the 15 character name limit, the accounts are not created.

There can be only one creation process running for a specific identity pool at any one time. Attempting to start another account creation process while an existing one is executing will return an error.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Creates two new AD accounts and registers them in the identity pool called “MyPool”.

New-AcctADAccount -IdentityPoolName MyPool -Count 2 -OutVariable result

SuccessfulAccounts                SuccessfulAccountsCount       FailedAccountsCount    FailedAccounts
------------------                -----------------------       -------------------    --------------
{MyDomain\ACC001, MyDomain\ACC002} 2                            0                      {}

$result[0].SuccessfulAccounts

ADAccountGuid          : a33f54f8-4944-4537-93c9-a04f0b889378
ADAccountName          : MyDomain\ACC001
ADAccountSid           : S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2684
AccountDisabled        : False
AccountLocked          : False
Domain                 : MyDomain.com
DomainControllerHint   : v2_ZGMubXlkb21haW4uY29tOjU5ZTlkMjhkLWY0NmItNDM0YS05N2MyLTk5NWRhOWUxMjBkNw==
Lock                   : False
State                  : Available
TenantId               :
DeviceManagementType   : None
IdentityType           : ActiveDirectory
VdaHostId              : ee3ec984-3f1b-41ed-aee7-38754692e829
WorkgroupMachine       : False
TrustServiceInstanceId : ee3ec984-3f1b-41ed-aee7-38754692e829-S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2684

ADAccountGuid          : 16c62c01-42d0-4180-91c3-3e02b5a3e860
ADAccountName          : MyDomain\ACC002
ADAccountSid           : S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2685
AccountDisabled        : False
AccountLocked          : False
Domain                 : MyDomain.com
DomainControllerHint   : v2_ZGMubXlkb21haW4uY29tOjU5ZTlkMjhkLWY0NmItNDM0YS05N2MyLTk5NWRhOWUxMjBkNw==
Lock                   : False
State                  : Available
TenantId               :
DeviceManagementType   : None
IdentityType           : ActiveDirectory
VdaHostId              : 8ca4ee0c-00bf-4e05-8605-c3ee7fe053c3
WorkgroupMachine       : False
TrustServiceInstanceId : 8ca4ee0c-00bf-4e05-8605-c3ee7fe053c3-S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2685
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EXAMPLE 2

Creates two new AD accounts and registers them in the identity pool called “MyPool”, starting from an index of 50.

New-AcctADAccount -IdentityPoolName MyPool -Count 2 -StartCount 50 -OutVariable result

SuccessfulAccounts                SuccessfulAccountsCount       FailedAccountsCount    FailedAccounts
------------------                -----------------------       -------------------    --------------
{MyDomain\ACC050, MyDomain\ACC051} 2                            0                      {}

$result[0].SuccessfulAccounts

ADAccountGuid          : fed20f3b-d1ec-4f8e-9681-197de9522bfd
ADAccountName          : MyDomain\ACC050
ADAccountSid           : S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2686
AccountDisabled        : False
AccountLocked          : False
Domain                 : MyDomain.com
DomainControllerHint   : v2_ZGMubXlkb21haW4uY29tOjU5ZTlkMjhkLWY0NmItNDM0YS05N2MyLTk5NWRhOWUxMjBkNw==
Lock                   : False
State                  : Available
TenantId               :
DeviceManagementType   : None
IdentityType           : ActiveDirectory
VdaHostId              : 1772a527-33e6-4da4-8a3a-d98e13c1d156
WorkgroupMachine       : False
TrustServiceInstanceId : 1772a527-33e6-4da4-8a3a-d98e13c1d156-S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2686

ADAccountGuid          : 86b3b360-e21f-4bb2-8e36-e236598fd51a
ADAccountName          : MyDomain\ACC051
ADAccountSid           : S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2687
AccountDisabled        : False
AccountLocked          : False
Domain                 : MyDomain.com
DomainControllerHint   : v2_ZGMubXlkb21haW4uY29tOjU5ZTlkMjhkLWY0NmItNDM0YS05N2MyLTk5NWRhOWUxMjBkNw==
Lock                   : False
State                  : Available
TenantId               :
DeviceManagementType   : None
IdentityType           : ActiveDirectory
VdaHostId              : 0185a831-493f-4656-9126-9a29188c8213
WorkgroupMachine       : False
TrustServiceInstanceId : 0185a831-493f-4656-9126-9a29188c8213-S-1-5-21-1315084875-1285793635-2418178940-2687
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Parameters

-Count

The number of accounts to create.

Type: Int32
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ADAccountName

The AD account names to be created. These are just the simple machine account names (e.g. MyVM001).

Type: String[]
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-IdentityPoolUid

The unique identifier for the identity pool in which accounts will be created.

Type: Guid
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-IdentityPoolName

The name of the identity pool in which accounts will be created.

Type: String
Position: 2
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Length range: 1 to 64

-StartCount

The start index for the create process.

Type: Int32
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ADUserName

The username for an AD user account with permissions to create new computer accounts. This parameter can be used if the current user does not have the necessary privileges.

Type: String
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ADPassword

The matching password (in a Secure String class) for an AD user account with permissions to create new computer accounts. This parameter can be used if the current user does not have the necessary privileges.

Type: SecureString
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Parallelism

Gets or sets the maximum number of threads to create AD accounts in parallel. Range 1-60 with default of 20.

Type: Int32
Position: Named
Default value: 20
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2112

-UseServiceAccount

Use the IdentityPool’s service account to create AD accounts.

Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2407

-LoggingId

Specifies the identifier of the high-level operation this cmdlet call forms a part of. Citrix Studio and Director typically create high-level operations. PowerShell scripts can also wrap a series of cmdlet calls in a high-level operation by way of the Start-LogHighLevelOperation and Stop-LogHighLevelOperation cmdlets.

Type: Guid
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CitrixCommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common Citrix parameters: -AdminAddress, -AdminClientIP, -BearerToken, -TraceParent, -TraceState and -VirtualSiteId. For more information, see about_CitrixCommonParameters.

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.

Inputs

None

You can’t pipe objects to this cmdlet.

Outputs

Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.AccountOperationDetailedSummary

The New-AcctADAccount returns an object that contains the following properties:

  • SuccessfulAccountsCount <int>

    The number of accounts that were added successfully

  • FailedAccountsCount <int>

    The number of accounts that were not added.

  • FailedAccounts <Citrix.XDPowerShell.AccountError[]>

    The list of accounts that failed to be added. Each one has the following properties:

    • ADAccountName <string>
    • ADAccountSid <String>

    • ErrorReason <ADIdentityStatus>

      This can be one of the following:

      • IdentityDuplicateObjectExists

        An identity with the same SID already exists.

      • ADServiceDatabaseError

        An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation.

      • ADServiceDatabaseNotConfigured

        The operation could not be completed because the database for the service is not configured.

      • ADServiceStatusInvalidDb

        An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation - communication with the database failed for for various reasons.

      • FailedToConnectToDomainController

        Contacting Active Directory failed.

      • FailedToGetOrganizationUnitInAD

        Failed to access the OU in Active Directory.

      • FailedToGetDefaultComputerContainerInAD

        Failed to access the default computers container in Active Directory.

      • FailedToCreateComputerAccountInAD

        Failed to create the computer account in Active Directory.

      • FailedToAccessComputerAccountInAD

        Failed to read the newly created computer account in Active Directory.

      • FailedToGetSidFromAD

        Failed to get the SID for the created account from Active Directory.

      • FailedToSetSamAccountNameInAD

        Failed to set the SAM account name in Active Directory for the account created.

      • FailedToSetUserAccountControlInAD

        Failed to set the user account controller properties for the account created in Active Directory.

      • FailedToSaveChangeInAD

        Failed to save the changes made to the created computer account in Active Directory.

      • FailedToSetPasswordInAD

        Failed to set the password for the created computer account in Active Directory.

      • FailedToEnableAccountInAD

        Failed to enable the newly created computer account in Active Directory.

      • ComputerNameAlreadyInUseInAD

        The computer name for the computer to create is in use in Active Directory.

      • FailedToGetDistinguishedNameInAD

        Failed to get the distinguished name for the created computer account in ActiveDirectory.

      • FailedToSetDnsHostNameInAD

        Failed to set the Dns Host Name property for the created computer account in ActiveDirectory.

      • FailedToSetDisplayNameInAD

        Failed to set the DisplayName property for the created computer account in ActiveDirectory.

      • FailedToWriteServicePrincipalNameInAD

        Failed to set the ServicePrincipalName property for the created computer account in ActiveDirectory.

    • DiagnosticInformtion <Exception>

      Any other error information

  • SuccessfulAccounts <Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.Identity[]>

    The list of accounts that were successfully added. Each one has the following properties:

    • ADAccountGuid <Guid>

      The unique identifier for the account.

    • ADAccountName <string>

      The name of the account.

    • ADAccountSid <string>

      The SID for the account.

    • AccountDisabled <bool>

      Whether or not the account is disabled in AD.

    • AccountLocked <bool>

      Whether or not the account is locked in AD.

    • Domain <string>

      The domain for the account.

    • DomainControllerHint <string>

    • Lock <bool>

      Whether or not the account is locked (in the database, not AD).

    • State <Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.ADIdentityState>

      The state for the account. This can be:

      • Available

        The account is not used.

      • InUse

        The account is in use.

      • Error

        The account is in error (i.e. the account is locked or disabled in AD).

      • Tainted

        The account is no longer used, but the password is no longer known.

    • TenantId <Guid>

      The identity of the tenant associated with this account.

    • DeviceManagementType <string>

      The device management type.

    • IdentityType <string>

      The identity type.

    • VdaHostId <Guid>

      The ID of the VDA associated with this account.

    • WorkgroupMachine <bool>

      Whether or not the account is a workgroup account (not domain-joined).

    • TrustServiceInstanceId <string>

      The trust service ID of the machine.

Notes

In the case of failure the following errors can result:

  • NamingSchemeNotSpecifiedForIdentityPool

    No naming scheme is defined in the specified identity pool.

  • IdentityPoolObjectNotFound

    The specified identity pool was not located.

  • IdentityPoolAlreadyLocked

    The specified identity pool is locked.

  • PermissionDenied

    The user does not have administrative rights to perform this operation.

  • ConfigurationLoggingError

    The operation could not be performed because of a configuration logging error

  • DatabaseError

    An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation.

  • DatabaseNotConfigured

    The operation could not be completed because the database for the service is not configured.

  • ServiceStatusInvalidDb

    An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation - communication with the database failed for various reasons.

  • CommunicationError

    An error occurred while communicating with the service.

  • ExceptionThrown

    An unexpected error occurred. To locate more details, see the Windows event logs on the controller being used or examine the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops logs.

New-AcctADAccount
August 9, 2024
Contributed by: 
C
August 9, 2024
Contributed by: 
C

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