{"id":3067,"date":"2020-12-11T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2020-12-11T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:56:52","slug":"how-to-use-powershell-to-create-ad-user-accounts-in-bulk-in-windows-server-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"How to Use PowerShell to Create AD User Accounts in Bulk in Windows Server 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lets get started..<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 For this demo, I will use my existing AD Server with Windows.ae<\/strong> domain and previously created empty OU call Network<\/strong> Branch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Network<\/strong> Branch<\/strong> OU is now empty without any User in it, so I would like to import 25 users<\/strong> in just 1 shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 \u2013 For this step, you need a Notepad with Your Domain user information. This can be done in MS Excel. See example here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DN,objectClass,sAMAccountName,sn,givenName,userPrincipalNAme<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\"2.png\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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3 \u2013 After you have modify the script, save it (make sure you save it in .CSV format) & copy the script into C:\\Users\\Administrator folder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

verify the file by run DIR<\/strong> Powershell Command<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 \u2013 in CMD, run this command and press enter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSVDE -i -f users.csv<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

if everything ok, you will see a command stated * entries modified successfully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"4.png\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 Now open your Active Directory Users & Computers<\/strong>, and refresh<\/strong> the interface. You will see your users that you type in the bulk user script now listed in your specific OU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 \u2013 Next, highlight all your newly created users, right click and choose Enable Account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you Enable Account, then only your selected users can log into their system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"6\"\"7\"Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lets get started.. 1 \u2013 For this demo, I will use my existing AD Server with Windows.ae domain and previously created empty OU call Network Branch. My Network Branch OU is now empty without any User in it, so I would like to import 25 users in just 1 shot. 2 \u2013 For this step, you need a Notepad with Your Domain user information. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powershell","category-server-2016-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3070,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions\/3070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}