Bulk creation of AD user in multiple OU

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Newbie powershell learner here.

I wanted to create a script that will automate the bulk creation of our AD

I have an import csv with list of name,location,OU,etc. (I wanted to remove the OU property on the CSV file and have a script where it will automatically put in the user account on it’s OU by each location)

if (! (Get-ADUser -Filter {SamAccountName -eq $Username})) {

Write-Warning “A user account $Username has already exist in Active Directory.” }

else

#If a user does not exist then create a new user account

#Account will be created in the OU listed in the $OU variable in the CSV file; don’t forget to change the domain name in the"-UserPrincipalName" variable

New-ADUser `

-SamAccountName $Username`

-UserPrincipalName “$Username@corp.test” `

-Name “$Firstname $Lastname”`

-GivenName $Firstname `

-Surname $Lastname`

-Enabled $True `

-ChangePasswordAtLogon $True`

-DisplayName “$Lastname, $Firstname” `

-Department $Department`

-Path $OU `

-Description $description`

-state $State `

-street $Street`

-office $Office `

-EmailAddress $Email`

-city $city `

-PostalCode $Zipcode`

-Country $Country `

-Title $Jobtitle`

-Company $Company ` -AccountPassword (convertto-securestring $password -AsPlainText -Force)

 

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# Create user based on csv column headers
Import-Csv -Path ADUser.csv | ForEach-Object {
    If (Get-ADUser -Filter {SamAccountName -eq $_.UserName}){
        Write-Warning “$($_.UserName) exist in Active Directory.”} Else {
        $adprop = @{
            SamAccountName = $_.Username
            UserPrincipalName = "$($_.Username)@corp.test"
            Name = "$($_.Firstname) $($_.Lastname)”
            GivenName = $_.Firstname 
            Surname = $_.Lastname
            Enabled = $True
            ChangePasswordAtLogon = $True
            DisplayName = “$($_.Lastname),$($_.Firstname)” 
            Department = $_.Department
            Path = $_.OU
            Description = $_.description
            state = $_.State 
            street = $_.Street
            office = $_.Office 
            EmailAddress = $_.Email
            city = $_.city 
            PostalCode = $_.Zipcode
            Country = $_.Country 
            Title = $_.Jobtitle
            Company = $_.Company
            AccountPassword = (ConvertTo-SecureString $_.password -AsPlainText -Force)}}
    New-ADUser @adprop
}
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How are you generating the username? There is usually name collisions like John Smith, Jane Smith, etc., so it’s a bit more involved that joining parts of a name. If you have that information from HR, you should also have the EmployeeId and should set it in AD. Eventually you will want to reconcile the data to ensure there is a match 1:1 for users, and then your script can update existing users and create new users.