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

Little addendum if anyone like me got here and was still tearing their hair out:

-properties *  

Would be quite a common this to have in this query. Doesn't work, I'm sure someone smarter than me can figure it out

-properties mail,cn,wtf

etc does work as expected