PowerShell Add AD users to AD group by UPN from CSV - powershell

Question

Import-CSV "C:\Temp\jacktest.csv" | Foreach-Object {
$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter "UPN-eq '$($_.UPN)'"
if( $aduser ) {
Write-Output "Adding user $($aduser.SamAccountName) to groupname"
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity JackTest -Members $aduser
} else {
Write-Warning "Could not find user in AD with email address $($_.EmailAddress)"
}
}
I receive the following Error:
Transcript started, output file is C:\Temp\Add-ADUsers.log
Get-ADUser : The search filter cannot be recognized
At line:19 char:15
$ADUser = Get-ADUser -Filter "UPN -eq '$UPN'" | Select-Object Sam ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ADUser], ADException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:8254,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser

Answer 1

This answer is meant to help you troubleshoot your issue so we can understand what could be going wrong with your CSV.
Note, this code assumes that your CSV is comma delimited and the CSV has a column with name "UserPrincipalName".
$usersToAdd = foreach($line in Import-CSV "C:\Temp\jacktest.csv")
{
if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($line.UserPrincipalName))
{
Write-Warning 'Empty UserPrincialName Value:'
Write-Warning $line
continue
}
$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter "UserPrincipalName -eq '$($line.UserPrincipalName)'"
if(-not $aduser)
{
Write-Warning "$($line.UserPrincipalName) could not be found."
continue
}
$aduser
}
if($usersToAdd)
{
Write-Host 'The following users will be added to the Group'
$usersToAdd.UserPrincialName
try
{
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity JackTest -Members $usersToAdd
}
catch
{
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
}
}

Answer 2

check the csv file, it seems you are not using the default delimiter.
if so add parameter -delimiter to the import-csv cmdlet.
for example for Tab delimiter:
Import-CSV "C:\Temp\jacktest.csv" -delimiter "`t"