Powershell

New-ADUser Syntax

Active Directory LDAP

Powershell add bulk AD users

Simpele script

# Import active directory module 
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
 
#Prompt users for CSV file path
$filepath = Read-Host -Prompt “Please enter the path to your CSV file “

#Import the file into a varaible
$users = Import-Csv $filepath -Delimiter “;”  

# Loop through each row containing user details in the CSV file
foreach ($user in $users) {
    #Gather the users information
    $fname = $user.firstname
    $lname = $user.lastname
    $department = if($user.department){$user.department}else{$null}
    $jobdes = $user.jobdescription
    $group = $user.group
    $account =$user.account
    $manager = if($user.manager){$user.manager}else{$null}
    $phone =if($user.phone){$user.phone}else{$null}
    $cell = if($user.cell){$user.cell}else{$null}
    $password =if($user.password){$user.password}else{$null}
    $path = $user.ou
   
    #Check to see if the user already exists in AD. If they do, we are updating, not creating a new user.
    if (Get-ADUser -F {SamAccountName -eq $account}) {
        #If user does exist, remove from all groups, update de user info & re-assign groups
        Get-ADUser -Identity $account -Properties MemberOf | ForEach-Object {
            $_.MemberOf | Remove-ADGroupMember -Members $_.DistinguishedName -Confirm:$false
        }

        Set-ADUser -Identity $account -Department $department -Description $jobdes -Manager $manager -OfficePhone $phone -MobilePhone $cell
        Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity $account -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -force) -Reset

        foreach ($group in $group) {
            Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $group -Members $account
        }
 
        #Write output for each updated user.
        Write-Host   “$account already existed and has been updated”  -ForegroundColor Yellow
   

    } else{

        #Create new Ad users
        New-ADUser `
            -Name “$fname  $lname” `
            -GivenName $fname `
            -Surname $lname `
            -DisplayName “$fname $lname” `
            -UserPrincipalName $account@JENAAM.LAN `
            -SamAccountName $account `
            -Path $path `
            -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-secureString $password -AsPlainText -Force) `
            -Department $department `
            -Description $jobdes `
            -OfficePhone $phone `
            -MobilePhone $cell `
            -Manager $manager `
            -Enabled $true `
            -ProfilePath “\\SV01\Profiles$\$account” `
            -HomeDirectory “\\SV01\Home$\$account” `
            -HomeDrive “H:”

        #Add the new users to the correct groups
        Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $group -Members $account 
 
        #Write output for each new user 
        Write-Host “The user account $account is created.” -ForegroundColor Cyan
    }
        #If the users exist in the AD but not in the CSV file , delete them
    $ADUsers = Get-ADUser -filter * -SearchBase “OU=Justice Users,DC=JENAAM,DC=LAN”  | Select SamAccountName
    Foreach ($ADUser in $ADUsers.SamAccountName) {
    if (-not ($Users.account -contains $ADUser)) {
        Remove-ADUser $ADUser -Confirm:$false
        Write-Host “$ADuser existed in the AD but not in the CSV file and has been deleted” -ForegroundColor Red
    }
  }
}

 
Read-Host -Prompt “Press Enter to exit”