Powershell command to replace AD user's title in title field not working? - powershell

Question

I have created a script for a project with some code which I was given fused with my own. Most of the commands which are great, but unfortunately two commands are not working.
These commands are:
Set-ADUser $UserName -replace #{title="Former Employee" + $title}
Move-ADObject -Identity $UserName -TargetPath "OU=Former Employee,OU=Users,OU=Contoso,DC=Contoso,DC=local"
Any ideas? I appreciate the help!
Here is the full script:
$UserName = Read-Host "Please enter username to be disabled"
if ($UserName) {
''
} Else {
'User not Found'
}
Disable-ADAccount $UserName
Get-ADUser $UserName -Properties MemberOf | ForEach-Object {
$_.MemberOf | Remove-ADGroupMember -Members $_.DistinguishedName -Confirm:$false }
$title = get-aduser $UserName -properties title
$title = $title.title
$old=Get-ADuser $UserName -properties Description
$old = $old.description
$new = "DISABLED " + $old
set-aduser $UserName -description $new
set-aduser $UserName -clear "manager"
set-aduser $UserName -clear "telephonenumber"
# these two:
set-aduser $UserName -replace #{title="Former Employee" + $title}
Move-ADObject -Identity $UserName -TargetPath "OU=Former Employee,OU=Users,OU=Contoso,DC=Contoso,DC=local"

Answer 1

I think it's better to clear up a bit of your code. Have a look at this:
$SamAccountName = Read-Host 'Please enter the SamAccountName of the user you want to disable'
$VerbosePreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
$VerbosePreference = 'Continue'
Try {
$ADUser = Get-ADUser -Identity $SamAccountName -Properties MemberOf, Title, Description
Write-Verbose "User '$($ADUser.Name)' found in AD"
}
Catch {
throw "No user found in AD with SamAccountName '$SamAccountName'"
}
Write-Verbose 'Disable user'
Disable-ADAccount $ADUser
foreach ($Group in $ADUser.MemberOf) {
Write-Verbose "Remove user from group '$Group'"
Remove-ADGroupMember -Identity $Group -Members $ADUser -Confirm:$false
}
$NewTitle = "Former Employee {0}" -f $ADUser.Title
Write-Verbose "Set 'Title' to '$NewTitle'"
Set-ADUser -Identity $ADUser -Title $NewTitle
$NewDescription = "DISABLED {0}" -f $ADUser.Description
Write-Verbose "Set 'Description' to '$NewDescription'"
Set-ADUser -Identity $ADUser -Description $NewDescription
foreach ($Property in #('Manager', 'telephonenumber')) {
Write-Verbose "Clear property '$_'"
Set-ADUser -Identity $ADUser -Clear $Property
}
$NewTargetPath = "OU=Former Employee,OU=Users,OU=Contoso,DC=Contoso,DC=local"
Write-Verbose "Move AD User to '$NewTargetPath'"
Move-ADObject -Identity $ADUser -TargetPath $NewTargetPath
Some tips:
Use Write-Verbose to show what is happening in the script. Yuo can disable/enable this by commenting out the VerbosePreference.
Always start with retrieving an object instead of working with text strings ($UserName vs $ADUser). See Get-ADUser as the very first action.
Work with Try/Catch in case things fail.
Always use the parameter names. It makes it more clear on what you're trying to do.