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

Okay, I got mine to finally work using the following syntax and using the following example from up above:

Previously:

$User = Get-ADUser -Filter "sAMAccountName -eq '$SamAc'"

Working Version:

$user = Get-aduser -Filter "sAMAccountName -eq '$($SamAc)'"

I had to add $($ ) to $SamAc before PowerShell could access the variable string value.