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Powershell Migrates a user account in SharePoint Products. The Move-SPUser cmdlet migrates user access from one domain user account to another. If an entry for the new login name already exists, the entry is marked for deletion to make way for the migration.
How does the move-spuser cmdlet migrate user access?
The Move-SPUser cmdlet migrates user access from one domain user account to another. If an entry for the new login name already exists, the entry is marked for deletion to make way for the migration.
In sharepoint 2013 i need to replace a user by an other. For this i use: I give permission on a site to JaneDoe puting him in a group. After executing the command the user is remove from the group so he doesn’t have anymore access but new user doesn’t have access in his place!
When to use ignoresid with move-spuser?
-IgnoreSid must always be used with Move-SPUser when using a Claims Identity, such as Windows Claims. Manages objects for the purpose of proper disposal. Use of objects, such as SPWeb or SPSite, can use large amounts of memory and use of these objects in Windows PowerShell scripts requires proper memory management.
When do I disable an account in PowerShell?
I like to disable the accounts first before I delete them. If you find that one of these accounts is needed, it is much easier to enable the account than to restore it. Some administrators like to move all of these user accounts to a separate OU, and disable all the accounts for X number of days before they delete them.
How to filter the active users in PowerShell?
By running Measure-Command on my virtual machine, you can see how long this took to complete for about 10,000 users. A better way to filter the users would be to remove the pipe to Where-Object, and use the following filter: $90Days = (get-date).adddays (-90)
When do I need to run move-spuser script?
If you have a publishing / consuming scenario where you have other farms consuming the User Profile Service Application, you must run the Move-SPUser script on a server in the farm that hosts the UPA.
When the user is re-imported to SharePoint, their SID is not updated in the UserProfile_Full table. Now the SID in the User Profile Service Application (UPA) doesn’t match the SID in the UserInfo table used by the site collections. Verify you’re hitting this issue:
How to get the spuser object in Active Directory?
Specifies the SPUser object retrieved via Get-SPUser. The type must be a valid SPUser object. Indicates (if present) that Active Directory will not be queried for the SID history attribute to ensure that the new login name is correspondent to the old login name. Specifies the new login name of the user account.