Get-Aduser -Filter will not accept a variable

Question

I\'d like to check if a user account already exists in the system.

$SamAc = Read-Host \'What is your username?\'
$User = Get-ADUser -Filter {sAMAccountName -         


        

Answer 1

Simply remove the quotes around your variable:

$SamAc = Read-Host 'What is your username?'

$User = Get-ADUser -Filter {sAMAccountName -eq $SamAc}

This should work just fine.