Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search for inactive user accounts in Active Directory for Windows Server 2012.

 How can I query inactive user accounts in my Windows Server 2012 Active Directory environment?

 Charlotte Windows PowerShell user group member Brian Wilhite says: You can use the ActiveDirectory module that contains the Search-ADAccount cmdlet used to query inactive user and computer accounts. For user accounts only, you’ll use the UsersOnly parameter.

Search-ADAccount -AccountInactive -UsersOnly

You can also use the TimeSpan parameter to specify account inactivity. the example below specifies 30 days of inactivity.

Search-ADAccount -AccountInactive -UsersOnly -TimeSpan 30.00:00:00