The Get-User command returns a user or performs a search to retrieve multiple users from Sitecore.
The Identity parameter specifies the Sitecore user to get. You can specify a user by its local name or fully qualified name. You can also specify user object variable, such as lt;user>.
To search for and retrieve more than one user, use the Filter parameter.
Specifies the Sitecore user by providing one of the following values.
Local Name:
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admin
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Fully Qualified Name:
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sitecore\admin
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Required?
true
Position?
1
Default Value
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Accept Pipeline Input?
true (ByValue)
Accept Wildcard Characters?
false
-Filter <String>
Specifies a simple pattern to match Sitecore users.
Examples: The following examples show how to use the filter syntax.
To get all the users, use the asterisk wildcard:
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Get-User -Filter *
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To get all the users in a domain use the following command:
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Get-User -Filter "sitecore\*"
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Required?
true
Position?
named
Default Value
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Accept Pipeline Input?
false
Accept Wildcard Characters?
false
-Current <SwitchParameter>
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Required?
true
Position?
named
Default Value
​
Accept Pipeline Input?
false
Accept Wildcard Characters?
false
-Authenticated <SwitchParameter>
Aliases
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Required?
false
Position?
named
Default Value
​
Accept Pipeline Input?
false
Accept Wildcard Characters?
false
-ResultPageSize <Int32>
Specifies the number of users to retrieve per request to the user provider. Each page of users is written to the pipeline before the next request is made. Without specifying this parameter all accounts are retrieved before passing down the pipeline.
Aliases
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Required?
false
Position?
named
Default Value
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Accept Pipeline Input?
false
Accept Wildcard Characters?
false
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
System.String
Represents the identity of a user.
Outputs
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.