[FIXED] How to authenticate an user in ActiveDirectory with powershell

Issue

I would like to authenticate an user in my ActiveDirectory with the Username and the Password. Is there any chance to do that with powershell and the activeDirectory module. Thank you

Solution

There are multiple ways of doing this. Here is a quick and simple function which authenticates a user to AD.

Function Test-ADAuthentication {
    param($username,$password)
    (new-object directoryservices.directoryentry "",$username,$password).psbase.name -ne $null
}

PS C:\> Test-ADAuthentication "dom\myusername" "mypassword"
True
PS C:\> 

It might not be the best function for your needs but your question lacks details.

Answered By - CosmosKey

Answer Checked By - Willingham (PHPFixing Volunteer)