Restore-MsolUser

Updated: July 30, 2015

Applies To: Azure, Office 365, Windows Intune

Note



  • The cmdlets were previously known as the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

This cmdlet restores a user that is in the Deleted users view to their original state. Users will remain in the Deleted users view for 30 days.

Syntax

Restore-MsolUser [-AutoReconcileProxyConflicts] [-NewUserPrincipalName <string>] [-ObjectId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

    -AutoReconcileProxyConflicts [<SwitchParameter>]
        If set, then any proxy addresses that cause conflicts will be removed 
        for the user. This parameter should be used if one or more of the 
        user's proxy addresses is also used for another active user.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -NewUserPrincipalName <string>
        The UserPrincipalName to use when restoring the user. This should be 
        used if the original UserPrincipalName of the user is in use by 
        another active user.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -ObjectId <Guid>
        The ObjectId of the user to restore.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -UserPrincipalName <string>
        The user ID of the user to restore.
        
        Required?                    true
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
        "get-help about_commonparameters".

Examples

The following commands will restore a user that was deleted. The user principal name of the deleted user is FSlattery@contoso.com. The first command maps the variable $DelUser to the deleted user. The second command restores the deleted user.

$DelUser = Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName FSlattery@contoso.com -ReturnDeletedUsers

Restore-MsolUser -ObjectId $DelUser.ObjectId

Additional Resources

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See Also

Other Resources

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