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How to enter multiple users into ActiveDirectory 2008 from a CSV

To create multiple users into ActiveDirectory 2008 Server from one single CSV file containing the users login information, you can use the following wsf file:

   1: <job id="main">
   2:  
   3:     <script language="VBScript">
   4:         dim text_out
   5:         text_out = ""
   6:         Dim oContainer 'Parent container of new   user 
   7:         Dim oUser 'Created user
   8:         'Get parentcontainer
   9:         Set oContainer=GetObject("LDAP://OU=yourouname, DC=your,DC=domain,DC=local")
  10:         'Read the file with user information
  11:         Const ForReading = 1
  12:         Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  13:         Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
  14:         ("users.txt", ForReading)
  15:         Do Until objTextFile.AtEndOfStream
  16:             strNextLine = objTextFile.Readline
  17:             user_info = Split(strNextLine , ",") 'split comma-delimited line
  18:             username = LCase(Left(user_info(0),1) & user_info(1))
  19:             'Create user
  20:             Set oUser = oContainer.Create("User","CN=" & user_info(0) & " " & user_info(1) )
  21:             'Assign properties values to user
  22:             oUser.Put "samAccountName",username
  23:             oUser.Put "givenName",user_info(0)
  24:             oUser.Put "sn",user_info(1)
  25:             oUser.Put "userPrincipalName",username & "@your.domain.local"
  26:             oUser.IsAccountLocked = False
  27:             oUser.SetPassword user_info(2)
  28:             oUser.SetInfo
  29:             'Clean up
  30:             Set oUser = Nothing
  31:             
  32:         Loop 
Set oContainer = Nothing
  33:         WScript.Echo "Finished"
  34:     </script>
  35: </job>

You CSV file (users.txt) must be located in the same folder where the script is and its contents must be in the following format (no headers):

  First Name, Last Name, Password

 

The script will use the first name and last name to create a username. It will take the first letter of the first name and the complete last name, for example: jsmith.

You will need to replace yourdomain in the script with the name of your Windows Domain. Also you need to change “yourouname” in the script to the name of the organizational unit that will hold your new users.

The code is under the MIT license.

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