Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops SDK

New-AcctServiceAccount

January 13, 2026

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Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2308

Creates a new service account.

Syntax

New-AcctServiceAccount
   -IdentityProviderType <String>
   -IdentityProviderIdentifier <String>
   -AccountId <String>
   -AccountSecret <SecureString>
   [-SecretExpiryTime <String>]
   [-Capabilities <String[]>]
   [-Scope <String[]>]
   [-TenantId <Guid>]
   -DisplayName <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   [-CustomProperties <String>]
   [-UserPrincipalName <String>]
   [-UserSecret <SecureString>]
   [-UserSecretExpiryTime <String>]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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Description

Provides the ability to create service accounts that can be used to store credential to access identity provider like Azure AD.

Each service account is tied to a single identity provider.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Create a new service account to access AzureAD with AzureArcResourceManagement capability.

New-AcctServiceAccount -IdentityProviderType AzureAD -IdentityProviderIdentifier f439f4c0-fcd8-4fe6-95b8-71e7e49dc8c6 -AccountId ac14e785-cdb2-4e18-9240-8b49583b11a2 -AccountSecret $password -SecretExpiryTime "2024-09-09" -Capabilities 'AzureArcResourceManagement' -DisplayName "display name for this service account"

ServiceAccountUid            : 17631afc-2e4c-491e-b0aa-f979a80e32c1
IdentityProviderIdentifier   : f439f4c0-fcd8-4fe6-95b8-71e7e49dc8c6
IdentityProviderType         : AzureAD
SecretExpiryTime             : 9/9/2024 8:00:00 PM
AccountId                    : ac14e785-cdb2-4e18-9240-8b49583b11a2
Capabilities                 : {AzureArcResourceManagement}
CustomProperties             :
Description                  :
DisplayName                  : display name for this service account
FailureReason                :
IsHealthy                    : True
Scopes                       : {}
TenantId                     :
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EXAMPLE 2

Create a new service account to access AzureAD with connection properties.

New-AcctServiceAccount -IdentityProviderType AzureAD -IdentityProviderIdentifier f439f4c0-fcd8-4fe6-95b8-71e7e49dc8c6 -AccountId ac14e785-cdb2-4e18-9240-8b49583b11a2 -AccountSecret $password -SecretExpiryTime "2024-09-09" -Capabilities 'AzureArcResourceManagement' -DisplayName "display name for this service account" -CustomProperties '{"ProxyHypervisorTrafficThroughConnector":true,"UseSystemProxyForHypervisorTrafficOnConnectors":false,"ProxyTrafficThroughHighlyAvailableServer":false,"ZoneUid":["ac65fbab-71d3-4a18-a991-97c2683d4401"]}'

ServiceAccountUid            : 17631afc-2e4c-491e-b0aa-f979a80e32c1
IdentityProviderIdentifier   : f439f4c0-fcd8-4fe6-95b8-71e7e49dc8c6
IdentityProviderType         : AzureAD
SecretExpiryTime             : 9/9/2024 8:00:00 PM
AccountId                    : ac14e785-cdb2-4e18-9240-8b49583b11a2
Capabilities                 : {AzureArcResourceManagement}
CustomProperties             : {"ProxyHypervisorTrafficThroughConnector":true,"UseSystemProxyForHypervisorTrafficOnConnectors":false,"ProxyTrafficThroughHighlyAvailableServer":false,"ZoneUid":["ac65fbab-71d3-4a18-a991-97c2683d4401"]}
Description                  :
DisplayName                  : display name for this service account
FailureReason                :
IsHealthy                    : True
Revision                     : a94a3cd1-abe7-4bdd-9a77-fa6820c5a5c2
Scopes                       : {}
TenantId                     :
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EXAMPLE 3

Create a new service account to access ActiveDirectory.

New-AcctServiceAccount -IdentityProviderType ActiveDirectory -IdentityProviderIdentifier test.local -AccountId test\svcacct_1 -AccountSecret $password -SecretExpiryTime "2024-09-09" -DisplayName "display name for this service account"

ServiceAccountUid            : ad24284e-ba3d-4504-80db-9ac6640de533
IdentityProviderIdentifier   : test.local
IdentityProviderType         : ActiveDirectory
SecretExpiryTime             : 9/9/2024 8:00:00 PM
AccountId                    : test\svcacct_1
Capabilities                 :
CustomProperties             :
Description                  :
DisplayName                  : display name for this service account
FailureReason                :
IsHealthy                    : True
Revision                     : a94a3cd1-abe7-4bdd-9a77-fa6820c5a5c2
Scopes                       : {}
TenantId                     :
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EXAMPLE 4

Create a new service account to access ActiveDirectory.

New-AcctServiceAccount -IdentityProviderType ActiveDirectory -IdentityProviderIdentifier test.local -AccountId test\svcacct_1 -AccountSecret $password -SecretExpiryTime "2024-09-09" -DisplayName "display name for this service account" -Description "description for this service account"

ServiceAccountUid            : ad24284e-ba3d-4504-80db-9ac6640de533
IdentityProviderIdentifier   : test.local
IdentityProviderType         : ActiveDirectory
SecretExpiryTime             : 9/9/2024 8:00:00 PM
AccountId                    : test\svcacct_1
Capabilities                 :
CustomProperties             :
Description                  : description for this service account
DisplayName                  : display name for this service account
FailureReason                :
IsHealthy                    : True
Revision                     : a94a3cd1-abe7-4bdd-9a77-fa6820c5a5c2
Scopes                       : {}
TenantId                     :
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EXAMPLE 5

Create a new service account to access AzureAD with AzureADDeviceManagement and IntuneDeviceManagement capability.

$account = New-AcctServiceAccount -IdentityProviderType AzureAD -IdentityProviderIdentifier f439f4c0-fcd8-4fe6-95b8-71e7e49dc8c6 -AccountId ac14e785-cdb2-4e18-9240-8b49583b11a2 -AccountSecret $password -SecretExpiryTime "2024-09-09" -Capabilities @("AzureADDeviceManagement","IntuneDeviceManagement") -DisplayName "display name for this service account"
$account.Capabilities

Name                        EffectiveScope IsHealthy         FailureReason
----                        -------------- ----------------- -----------------
AzureADDeviceManagement                    False             Device.ReadWrite.All
IntuneDeviceManagement                     False             DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All
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EXAMPLE 6

Create a new service account with an Azure AD user.

New-AcctServiceAccount -IdentityProviderType AzureAD -IdentityProviderIdentifier "3018e238-8648-4b6e-bc65-03362258ede5" -AccountId "7f14400b-3b72-4504-839f-3a3e6f003ccc" -AccountSecret $SecureString -SecretExpiryTime 2025-09-09  -Capabilities @("AzureADDeviceManagement","IntuneDeviceManagement","AzureADSecurityGroupManagement") -DisplayName "name" -UserPrincipalName $userPrincipalName -UserSecret $UserString -UserSecretExpiryTime 2025-09-09

ServiceAccountUid          : 286b772c-9fb4-4651-88b4-214cdf52835c
AccountId                  : 7f14400b-3b72-4504-839f-3a3e6f003ccc
IdentityProviderIdentifier : 3018e238-8648-4b6e-bc65-03362258ede5
IdentityProviderType       : AzureAD
SecretExpiryTime           : 9/9/2025 12:00:00 AM
AzureADUser                : Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.ServiceAccountAzureADUser
Capabilities               : {AzureADDeviceManagement, IntuneDeviceManagement, AzureADSecurityGroupManagement}
CustomProperties           :
Description                :
DisplayName                : displayName
FailureReason              : Azure AD security group management requires Group.ReadWrite.All,GroupMember.ReadWrite.All;
IsHealthy                  : False
Revision                   : 9cfc0216-8d26-4be5-a907-9700861d85cf
Scopes                     : {}
TenantId                   :
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Parameters

-IdentityProviderType

The type of the identity provider that associates with this service account. Can be AzureAD or ActiveDirectory.

Type:	String
Accepted values:	AzureAD, ActiveDirectory
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-IdentityProviderIdentifier

The identifier of the given identity provider. E.g. Azure AD tenant id if ‘IdentityProviderType’ is AzureAD.

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

-AccountId

The identifier for the service account. E.g. Azure application (client) id if ‘IdentityProviderType’ is AzureAD.

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

-AccountSecret

The secret for the service account. E.g. Azure application (client) secret if ‘IdentityProviderType’ is AzureAD. The secret will be encrypted and stored in database.

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

-DisplayName

The display name for the service account.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Length range:	0 to 128
Disallowed characters:	`\/;:#.*?=<>\\|[]()"'`
Introduced in:	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2407

-SecretExpiryTime

The secret expiration time for the service account. If it is not specified, will set secret as never expires.

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

-Capabilities

The capabilities for the service account.

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

-Scope

The administration scopes to be applied to the new service account.

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

-TenantId

Specifies identity of tenant associated with service account. Must always be specified in multi-tenant sites, must not be specified otherwise.

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

-Description

The description for the service account.

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

-CustomProperties

The custom properties for the service account.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Introduced in:	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2411

-UserPrincipalName

The Azure AD User UserPrincipalName if ‘IdentityProviderType’ is AzureAD.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Introduced in:	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2511

-UserSecret

The secret for the service account azure AD user. if ‘IdentityProviderType’ is AzureAD. The secret will be encrypted and stored in database.

Type:	SecureString
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Introduced in:	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2511

-UserSecretExpiryTime

The Azure AD user secret expiration time for the service account. If it is not specified, will set secret as never expires.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Introduced in:	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2511

-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, -SkipCertificateValidation, -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.ServiceAccount

This object provides details of the service account and contains the following information:

ServiceAccountUid <GUID> The unique identifier of the service account. SecretExpiryTime <Datetime> The expiration time for the secret of the service account. AccountId <string> The identifier for the service account. E.g. Azure application ID if the service account is with Azure AD as identity provider. IdentityProviderIdentifier <string> The identifier of the identity provider that the service account belongs to. E.g. Azure AD tenant ID. IdentityProviderType <string> The type of the identity provider of the service account. Can be AzureAD or ActiveDirectory. IsHealthy <bool> Indicates if the service account is healthy. Capabilities <string[]> Capabilities of the service account. Can be AzureArcResourceManagement AzureADDeviceManagement AzureADSecurityGroupManagement IntuneDeviceManagement. FailureReason <string> The reason why the service account becomes unhealthy. Scopes <Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.ScopeReference[]> The administration scopes associated with this identity pool. TenantId <GUID> Identity of the Citrix tenant associated with this identity pool. Not applicable (always blank) in non-multitenant sites. DisplayName <string> The display name of the service account. Description <string> The description of the service account. CustomProperties <string> The custom properties of the service account. AzureADUser <Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.ServiceAccountAzureADUser> The Azure AD user associated with the service account.

Notes

If the command fails, the following errors can be returned:

IdentityProviderTypeDoesNotMatch

The specified identity provider type doesn’t match the existing identity provider for the given tenant.
ServiceAccountDuplicateObjectExists

Duplicate object exists.
UnsupportedIdentityProviderType

The specified identity provider type is not supported.
InvalidServiceAccountCapabilities

One or more specified service account capabilities are not supported.
ServiceStatusInvalidDb

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

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

You do not have permission to execute this command.
AuthorizationError

There was a problem communicating with the Citrix Delegated
Administration Service.
CommunicationError

There was a problem communicating with the remote service.
ExceptionThrown

An unexpected error occurred. For more details, see the Windows event logs on the controller or the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops logs.

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New-AcctServiceAccount

January 13, 2026

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January 13, 2026

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New-AcctServiceAccount

Syntax

Description

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

EXAMPLE 2

EXAMPLE 3

EXAMPLE 4

EXAMPLE 5

EXAMPLE 6

Parameters

-IdentityProviderType

-IdentityProviderIdentifier

-AccountId

-AccountSecret

-DisplayName

-SecretExpiryTime

-Capabilities

-Scope

-TenantId

-Description

-CustomProperties

-UserPrincipalName

-UserSecret

-UserSecretExpiryTime

-LoggingId

CitrixCommonParameters

CommonParameters

Inputs

None

Outputs

Citrix.ADIdentity.Sdk.ServiceAccount

Notes

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