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Reset-O365UserPassword

Azure AD: Resets a user's password

#Requires -Version 5.1
#Requires -Modules AzureAD

[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "UserName")]
Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "UserObjectId")]
    [guid]$UserObjectId,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "UserName")]
    [string]$UserName,

    [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "UserName")]
    [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "UserObjectId")]
    [securestring]$NewPassword,

    [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "UserName")]
    [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "UserObjectId")]
    [bool]$ForceChangePasswordNextLogin
)

Process {
    try {
        if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "UserObjectId") {
            $usr = Get-AzureADUser -ObjectId $UserObjectId -ErrorAction Stop | Select-Object *
        }
        else {
            $usr = Get-AzureADUser -All $true -ErrorAction Stop | Where-Object { ($_.DisplayName -eq $UserName) -or ($_.UserPrincipalName -eq $UserName) } | Select-Object *
        }

        if ($null -eq $usr) { throw "User not found" }

        if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('ForceChangePasswordNextLogin')) {
            $null = Set-AzureADUserPassword -ObjectId $usr.ObjectID -Password $NewPassword -ForceChangePasswordNextLogin $ForceChangePasswordNextLogin -ErrorAction Stop
        }
        else {
            $null = Set-AzureADUserPassword -ObjectId $usr.ObjectID -Password $NewPassword -ErrorAction Stop
        }

        [PSCustomObject]@{
            Timestamp   = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
            Status      = "Success"
            DisplayName = $usr.DisplayName
            ObjectId    = $usr.ObjectID
            Message     = "Password reset for user '$($usr.DisplayName)'"
        }
    }
    catch { throw }
}

Unique object ID of the user

Display name or UPN of the user

New password for the user (secure string)

Forces the user to change password on next sign-in

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