Create AD users from a CSV-file
Here is an example of a script to create AD users from a CSV-file and assign a temoporary password.
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param
(
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
$infile,
$output
)
$OU = "OU=Users,DC=PSLABB,Dc=local"
$users = Import-Csv -Path $infile
foreach ($user in $users)
{
$rand = Get-Random -Minimum 1000 -Maximum 9999
$pwd = "Temp$rand"
$name = "$($user.givenname)" + " " + $($user.surname)
New-ADUser -Name $name -GivenName $user.Givenname -Surname $user.Surname -SamAccountName $user.username -user $user.username -Description "Tempuser" -path $ou -enabled $true -AccountPassword (convertTo-securestring -AsPlainText "Temp$rand" -Force)
$details = @{
'Name'= $name;
'username' = $($user.username);
'Password' = $pwd
}
$results = New-Object PSObject -Property $details
$results | Export-Csv -Path $output -NoTypeInformation -Append
}
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