Thanks guys. I found a script online that I was able to adjust a bit and it worked.
Still amazes me how many ways there are to skin a cat with Powershell. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emin Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 8:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Powershell help Hi, Replace -Properties userPrincipalName by -Properties * http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12037.active-directory-get-aduser-default-and-extended-properties.aspx Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase 'ou=xxx,ou=xxx,ou=xxx,dc=xxx,dc=local' -Properties * | % { try { $_ | Set-ADUser -UserPrincipalName "$($_.EmailAddress)" -ErrorAction Stop } catch { Write-Warning -Message "Failed because $($_.Exception.Message)" } } On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:27 AM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I’m trying to set my users’ userPrincipalName to be the same as the emailaddress. Here’s the snippet I’m trying to use: Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase 'ou=xxx,ou=xxx,ou=xxx,dc=xxx,dc=local' -Properties userPrincipalName | foreach { Set-ADUser $_ -UserPrincipalName "$($_.emailaddress)"} I know that last bit is wrong, I keep getting errors. I’ve tried as-is, and $($_.emailaddress)} Anyone have any advice? I can’t think of any other attribute that has the same format as the email address (first.last). Joe Heaton Information Technology Operations Branch Data and Technology Division CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1700 9th Street, 3rd Floor Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 323-1284<tel:%28916%29%20323-1284> Every Californian should conserve water. Find out how at: [SaveOurWater_Logo]<http://saveourwater.com/> SaveOurWater.com<http://saveourwater.com/> · Drought.CA.gov<http://drought.ca.gov/>
