{"id":14230,"date":"2019-04-29T07:17:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T07:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2019-04-29T07:23:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T07:23:17","slug":"how-to-find-ad-user-creation-date-in-windows-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-find-ad-user-creation-date-in-windows-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find AD User Creation Date in Windows Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I find out when a user account was created in Active Directory? Is there a way to list all AD users created in the last 30 days? It&#8217;s vitally important to monitor user account creations in order to reduce the risk of security breaches. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you different ways to find when a specific AD user was created, and list all recently created accounts in Active Directory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1: Find the Creation Date of Specific AD User<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, click on the <strong>View<\/strong> menu and select <strong>Advanced Features<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ad-view-advanced-features.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14235\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Expand the domain and choose <strong>Users<\/strong> in the left-hand pane, you&#8217;ll see a list of AD users. Right-click on the account for which you want to find out the creation date, and select <strong>Properties<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ad-account-properties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"454\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14236\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Object<\/strong> tab and you can view the date and time when the account has been created.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/active-directory-object-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14237\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Additionally, you can also find out the user account creation date using PowerShell. Just type the following command and hit Enter.<br \/>\n<code>Get-ADUser your_username -Properties whenCreated<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/find-ad-account-creation-date.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14238\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 2: List All Recently Created Accounts in Active Directory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you need to find a list of users created in Active Directory in the last 30 days, just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-run-powershell-as-administrator-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">open PowerShell with elevated privileges<\/a> and execute the below commands:<\/p>\n<p><code>$DateCutOff = (Get-Date).AddDays(-30)<br \/>\nGet-ADUser -Filter * -Properties whenCreated | where {$_.whenCreated -gt $DateCufOff} | FT Name, whenCreated<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/get-ad-users-created-within-30-days.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first command uses the <em>AddDays<\/em> method to minus 30 days from the current date, while the second command pulls only accounts created after a certain date stored in <em>$DateCutOff<\/em>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I find out when a user account was created in Active Directory? 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