You could use a PS script running as a scheduled task, and for accounts that need to be created with deferred activation, find some unused field in AD and populate it with the date the account should be activated. Schedule the script to run daily, find all the accounts with that field populated, and if it finds one that's due to be actived, enable it and clear the field.[string](0..33|%{[char][int](46+("686552495351636652556262185355647068516270555358646562655775 0645570").substring(($_*2),2))})-replace " "

Yes, you can just follow majolinor's suggestion, schedule one script to set on your server. Here is one document about using scheduled tasks to run PowerShell script, hope can give you some help: Use Scheduled Tasks to Run PowerShell Commands on Windows http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/01/12/use-scheduled-tasks-to-run-powershell-commands-on-windows.aspx Thanks, Evan Liu TechNet Subscriber Supportin forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Evan Liu TechNet Community Support

Yes, you can just follow majolinor's suggestion, schedule one script to set on your server. Here is one document about using scheduled tasks to run PowerShell script, hope can give you some help: Use Scheduled Tasks to Run PowerShell Commands on Windows http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/01/12/use-scheduled-tasks-to-run-powershell-commands-on-windows.aspx Thanks, Evan Liu TechNet Subscriber Supportin forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Evan Liu TechNet Community Support

I am looking at an automated new user creation process primarily using Powershell. With some of the new accounts the start date of the new employee could be up to 6 weeks in the future. I am looking for the equivalent to the Account Expires date feature - Account enabled from date. I do not like the idea of an authorised account available with a known password for weeks before the account will be used. I could also see this being useful for planned extended absences. Is this possible?Geoff

The only option I see is scheduling the powershell to run(either create the account, if created enable the account) via scheduled task at the specificed date. James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

You could use a PS script running as a scheduled task, and for accounts that need to be created with deferred activation, find some unused field in AD and populate it with the date the account should be activated. Schedule the script to run daily, find all the accounts with that field populated, and if it finds one that's due to be actived, enable it and clear the field.[string](0..33|%{[char][int](46+("686552495351636652556262185355647068516270555358646562655775 0645570").substring(($_*2),2))})-replace " "

How about the issue, any updates? Thanks, Evan Liu TechNet Subscriber Supportin forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contacttngfb@microsoft.comEvan Liu TechNet Community Support