Hi There
I need a guidance on how to import uses into AD with the info from a CSV file the we received from HR. I am a newbie to scripting and powershell
The CSV has all the Info of each learner: Name , Surname , Learner ID , School , Grade e.g.
We need to import the learners into AD OU based on the School and grade they are in.
It first need to check : Does the users exits, if true check what has changed like school and grade, if false create the user.
I believe that will work with some kind of variable mapping ?
I got this script that i want to use
Import-Module ActiveDirectory# Get current directory and set import file in variable
$path = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$newpath = $path + "\import_create_ad_users.csv"
# Define variables
$log = $path + "\create_ad_users.log"
$date = Get-Date
$i = 0
# Change this to the location you want the users to be created in your AD
$location = "OU=Test,OU=Users,DC=hican,DC=nl"
# FUNCTIONS
Function createUsers
{
"Created following users (on " + $date + "): " | Out-File $log -append
"--------------------------------------------" | Out-File $log -append
Import-CSV $newpath | ForEach-Object {
# A check for the country, because those were full names and need
# to be landcodes in order for AD to accept them. I used Netherlands
# as example
If($_.CO -eq "Netherlands")
{
$_.CO = "NL"
}
# Replace dots / points (.) in names, because AD will error when a
# name ends with a dot (and it looks cleaner as well)
$replace = $_.CN.Replace(".","")
If($replace.length -lt 4)
{
$lastname = $replace
}
Else
{
$lastname = $replace.substring(0,4)
}
# Create sAMAccountName according to this 'naming convention':
# <FirstLetterInitials><FirstFourLettersLastName> for example
# hhica
$sam = $_.Initials.substring(0,1).ToLower() + $lastname.ToLower()
Try { $exists = Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(sAMAccountName=$sam)" }
Catch { }
If(!$exists)
{
$i++
# Set all variables according to the table names in the Excel
# sheet / import CSV. The names can differ in every project, but
# if the names change, make sure to change it below as well.
$setpass = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $_.Password -force
New-ADUser $sam -GivenName $_.GivenName -Initials $_.Initials `
-Surname $_.SN -DisplayName $_.DisplayName -Office $_.OfficeName `
-Description $_.Description -EmailAddress $_.Mail `
-StreetAddress $_.StreetAddress -City $_.L `
-PostalCode $_.PostalCode -Country $_.CO -UserPrincipalName $_.UPN `
-Company $_.Company -Department $_.Department -EmployeeID $_.ID `
-Title $_.Title -OfficePhone $_.Phone -AccountPassword $setpass
# Set an ExtensionAttribute
$dn = (Get-ADUser $sam).DistinguishedName
$ext = [ADSI]"LDAP://$dn"
$ext.Put("extensionAttribute1", $_.ExtensionAttribute1)
$ext.SetInfo()
# Move the user to the OU you set above. If you don't want to
# move the user(s) and just create them in the global Users
# OU, comment the string below
Move-ADObject -Identity $dn -TargetPath $location
# Rename the object to a good looking name (otherwise you see
# the 'ugly' shortened sAMAccountNames as a name in AD. This
# can't be set right away (as sAMAccountName) due to the 20
# character restriction
$newdn = (Get-ADUser $sam).DistinguishedName
Rename-ADObject -Identity $newdn -NewName $_.CN
$output = $i.ToString() + ") Name: " + $_.CN + " sAMAccountName: "
$output += $sam + " Pass: " + $_.Password
$output | Out-File $log -append
}
Else
{
"SKIPPED - ALREADY EXISTS OR ERROR: " + $_.CN | Out-File $log -append
}
}
"----------------------------------------" + "`n" | Out-File $log -append
}
# RUN SCRIPT
createUsers
#Finished
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