Generate random password with PowerShell

So I was updating the PowerGUI AD pack the other day and wanted to add random password generation function for Reset Password action.

Here’s the code I came up with:

#Set up random number generator
$rand = New-Object System.Random
#Generate a new 10 character password
1..10 | ForEach { $NewPassword = $NewPassword + [char]$rand.next(33,127) }
#Reset the password
Set-QADUser "Dmitry Sotnikov" -UserPassword $NewPassword

That’s it. I guess I could get more fancy by ensuring that characters from 3 out of 4 character groups are present, etc. but this was the easiest one-liner to keep me going.

Tags: oneliner, AD cmdlets, cmdlets, one-liner, PowerShell, AD, Active Directory, Examples, Password management