RE: [ActiveDir] Bulk Import

[joe]

Sorry for the delay, as may be obvious, I am digging myself out. I have been in a fog of craziness the last few months up until about yesterday when I finally started seeing light and my head started clearing and going back to old joe mode; amazing what sleep and no current responsibilities can do for you. :o)   Consequently... joe-valanch, err at least I think that is what someone called it before. :)     --   Yes, admod will allow you to create an enabled user with the password on create. You can even use it to mail or mailbox enable user objects but it is "unsupported"[1] by MS as is any mechanism that updates Exchange objects without going through CDOEXM. Various versions of Exchange may have slightly different issues with it.   For example the following command would create a mailbox enabled ACTIVE account in my joe.com test domain. You can use msexchhomeserver, homemdb, or homeMTA combined with mailnickname. Note that this is against Exchange 2003 SP2.   G:\>admod -b CN=pato,CN=Users,DC=joe,DC=com -add objectclass::user samaccountname::pato mailnickname::pato msexchhomeservername::"/o=joeware/ou=First Administrative  Group/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=2K3EXC01" unicodepwd::!SoFamiliar2Me! useraccountcontrol::512 -kerbenc   AdMod V01.06.00cpp Joe Richards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) June 2005   DN Count: 1 Using server: 2k3dc01.joe.com Adding specified objects...    DN: CN=pato,CN=Users,DC=joe,DC=com...   The command completed successfully     joe       [1] I think this is wrong wrong wrong wrong. I feel it is more about the Exchange Devs not doing good data validation of attributes set in AD than anything else.     -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm      From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harding, Devon Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:37 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Bulk Import I was going to user csvde, but read that it did not support password creation.  Is this supported under ADMod?   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:22 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Bulk Import   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.   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.       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     __________________________________ This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use or distribution of the information included in the message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank You.