Re: [ActiveDir] Bulk Import

[Al Mulnick]

I suppose it really depends on your input data.  What have you got to work with and what is the decision criteria for the OU differences?

 

Creating the objects in a particular OU and mailbox enabling them would not be terribly difficult depending on the information you have and want to put in there. Jim's way would work, but I think I prefer to put them where they belong at creation vs. later.  For that reason either one of Joe's tools (admod for example) or script would be my preference.  Script would be mine but that's just because I'm funny like that. Joe's tools are faster though both at runtime and to get working if you don't have scripts laying around.

 

Al

 

On 3/8/06, Kennedy, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Ok, I skipped a step, sounds like you need these 200 to go to separate OU's. Mass create them in one OU, mass right click them and create the mailbox then mass send them an email.

 

The script the move if that is faster/easier than a manual drag and drop. So your spreadsheet of users is:

 

firstname      lastname     password      targetOU

 

convert that to comma text for your script and use the first three for the creation and then the first two and last for the move.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:16 PM

To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Bulk Import

 

Delegate it to HR.

 

Short of that get HR or someone to give you a list of the names and script it, provide a default password of their SS number perhaps...must be changed on first log on.

 

After they are created, in the same OU...mass select them in ADUC and right click them and send them a test email to create the mailbox.

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Harding, Devon
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:02 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Bulk Import

 

What's the fast way for me to create 200 user accounts in specific OU's and create Exchange mailboxes?

 

Devon Harding

Windows Systems Engineer

Southern Wine & Spirits - BSG

954-602-2469

 

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