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# api: powershell
# title: Import-ADUser.ps1
# description: From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O’Reilly) by Lee Holmes
# version: 0.1
# type: script
# author: Lee Holmes
# license: CC0
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# x-archived: 2016-03-18T21:53:45
# x-published: 2016-04-11T18:27:00
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## Import-AdUser
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## From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O'Reilly)
## by Lee Holmes (http://www.leeholmes.com/guide)
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.SYNOPSIS

Create users in Active Directory from the content of a CSV.

.DESCRIPTION

In the user CSV, One column must be named "CN" for the user name.
All other columns represent properties in Active Directory for that user.

For example:
CN,userPrincipalName,displayName,manager
MyerKen,Ken.Myer@fabrikam.com,Ken Myer,
DoeJane,Jane.Doe@fabrikam.com,Jane Doe,"CN=MyerKen,OU=West,OU=Sales,DC=..."
SmithRobin,Robin.Smith@fabrikam.com,Robin Smith,"CN=MyerKen,OU=West,OU=..."

.EXAMPLE

PS >$container = "LDAP://localhost:389/ou=West,ou=Sales,dc=Fabrikam,dc=COM"
PS >Import-ADUser.ps1 $container .\users.csv

#>

param(
    ## The container in which to import users
    ## For example:
    ## "LDAP://localhost:389/ou=West,ou=Sales,dc=Fabrikam,dc=COM)")
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    $Container,

    ## The path to the CSV that contains the user records
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    $Path
)

Set-StrictMode -Off

## Bind to the container
$userContainer = [adsi] $container

## Ensure that the container was valid
if(-not $userContainer.Name)
{
    Write-Error "Could not connect to $container"
    return
}

## Load the CSV
$users = @(Import-Csv $Path)
if($users.Count -eq 0)
{
    return
}

## Go through each user from the CSV
foreach($user in $users)
{
    ## Pull out the name, and create that user
    $username = $user.CN
    $newUser = $userContainer.Create("User", "CN=$username")

    ## Go through each of the properties from the CSV, and set its value
    ## on the user
    foreach($property in $user.PsObject.Properties)
    {
        ## Skip the property if it was the CN property that sets the
        ## user name
        if($property.Name -eq "CN")
        {
            continue
        }

        ## Ensure they specified a value for the property
        if(-not $property.Value)
        {
            continue
        }

        ## Set the value of the property
        $newUser.Put($property.Name, $property.Value)
    }

    ## Finalize the information in Active Directory
    $newUser.SetInfo()
}