This article describes How To Create User With Command Line In Windows Server Active Directory

Directory Service command-line tools to perform administrative tasks for Active Directory in Windows Server 2012.

Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in that you use to administer Active Directory (AD). You can manage objects (users, computers), Organizational Units (OU), and attributes of each. It can be used to store Users, Computers, Groups and OUs. In simple layman terms it is like a home for all the objects that we have in our Domain.

Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators. Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination.

Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, Windows PowerShell is built on top of the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework, and accepts and returns .NET Framework objects. This fundamental change in the environment brings entirely new tools and methods to the management and configuration of Windows.

Windows PowerShell introduces the concept of a cmdlet (pronounced "command-let"), a simple, single-function command-line tool built into the shell. You can use each cmdlet separately, but their power is realized when you use these simple tools in combination to perform complex tasks. Windows PowerShell includes more than one hundred basic core cmdlets, and you can write your own cmdlets and share them with other users.

Like many shells, Windows PowerShell gives you access to the file system on the computer. In addition, Windows PowerShell providers enable you to access other data stores, such as the registry and the digital signature certificate stores, as easily as you access the file system.

It’s always good to know multiple options to create Organizational Unit. Administering Active Directory can be a challenge for a network administrator. The GUI tools are easy to use, but they can be limited in power. Here's how you can do more with Active Directory by using some command-line tools.

There are few ways to create user objects in Active Directory. If it’s using GUI, it can be done using Active Directory Administrative Center or Active Directory Users and Computers MMC. If it is using command line, it can be done using windows command-line or PowerShell. In this demo, I am going to show how we can create user object using PowerShell.

In order to create user object in active directory we can use New-ADUser cmdlet in PowerShell. You can view the full syntax for the command along with the accepted data types using,

Now you can find some examples in this video.

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