<# .Synopsis Verify Active Directory credentials .DESCRIPTION This function takes a user name and a password as input and will verify if the combination is correct. The function returns a boolean based on the result. .NOTES Name: Test-ADCredential Author: Jaap Brasser Version: 1.0 DateUpdated: 2013-05-10 .PARAMETER UserName The samaccountname of the Active Directory user account .PARAMETER Password The password of the Active Directory user account .EXAMPLE Test-ADCredential -username jaapbrasser -password Secret01 Description: Verifies if the username and password provided are correct, returning either true or false based on the result #> function Test-ADCredential { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [string]$UserName, [string]$Password ) if (!($UserName) -or !($Password)) { Write-Warning 'Test-ADCredential: Please specify both user name and password' } else { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement $DS = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext('domain') $DS.ValidateCredentials($UserName, $Password) } }