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Whenever new recruits join an organization, administrators face the challenge of creating user accounts in Windows Active Directory (AD) for all of them in the shortest possible time. The native AD tools do not have an option for creating multiple AD users at once. Therefore, administrators have to use complex PowerShell scripts, VBScripts or run batch files from the Windows command line to get this done. With ADManager Plus, bulk user creation becomes simpler, faster and a completely script-free activity.
Procedure:
ADManager Plus provides the following options to create multiple user accounts in your Windows domain.
You can then select the container in which the users have to be created and hit the Create user button.
Steps :
For details on the user attributes, refer to the Microsoft Documentation here and here.
Note:
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Click here to learn more about creating multiple users in Active Directory using CSV.
ADManager Plus provides you the flexibility to import user details from a CSV file. The first line in the CSV file should contain the attribute names as defined in the Active Directory. The givenName attribute is a mandatory field in the CSV file. An example entry is given below:
givenName,sn,samAccountName,password,memberOf,telephoneNumber,department,profilePath,homeDirectory,homeDrive,managedby james,smith,jamessmith,Password@123,"CN=group1,OU=Finance,DC=admp,DC=com";"CN=Group2,OU=Sales,DC=admp,DC=com",+1-980-765-1234,accountant,"\\admp-dc1\UserProfile\%givenName%","\\admp-dc2\HomeFiles\%displayName%","E:","CN=Manager,OU=Finance,DC=admp,DC=com" james,william,jameswilliam,Password@123,"CN=group3,OU=HR,DC=admp,DC=com";"CN=group4,OU=US,OU=HR,DC=admp,DC=com",+1-980-765-1234,HumarResoruce,"\\admp-dc1\UserProfile\%givenName%","\\admp-dc2\HomeFiles\%displayName%","G:","CN=Manager,OU=HR,DC=admp,DC=com" |
Hints:
While adding multiple users to Active Directory, who have the same set of permissions, you can create a user template by specifying the required permissions and create a CSV file containing the names of the users. You can then import the CSV file and apply the template to create users in bulk.
If you have to create multiple users in Active Directory with different permissions, you can include the attributes that have different values for different users in the CSV file along with their names and can still have a base template for common attributes.
Note: When you use a combination of user creation template and CSV file, the attribute values specified in the CSV file takes precedence. |
Copying User Attributes
When you add a user by specifying the attributes or by importing the data from a CSV file, the added/imported user attributes gets listed in a tabular format. Clicking the icon from a particular row makes a copy of that user from where you can click and modify the attributes.
If you wish to modify the user properties, click on the attribute value to change or click the icon to open the user properties in the UI to edit.
To delete an added user, click the icon.
If you wish to modify the user properties, click on the attribute value to change or click the icon to open the user properties in the UI to edit.