I have limited exposure to Powershell so I need some help.
I have a CSV file with just the SamAccounName. I would like to use powershell to import that file and update the employeeID attribute with the sammaccountname value. The import is the easy part:
$users = Import-Csv c:\filename.csv
Using the file to update the employeeid attribute is what I need help with. Thanks in advance for your help.
There is some great documentation about this here so you can get a good idea about this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617215.aspx
With RSAT Running you need to Import the AD Cmdlet's Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Once this is done you are starting to head down the appropriate path, try working with the following:
Import-CSV $csvFile | forEach { Set-ADUser $_.SamAccountName -EmployeeID $_.SamAccountName -WhatIf }
This can go much further, have a look at the top link instead of copying and pasting this code as you don't want to make error on this. But there should be enough information here to get you up and running.
Note the '-WhatIf' in the above code means PoSh will tell you what will happen rather than making it happen.
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I would like to change the Active Directory Group tab ManagedBy user to another one. With PowerShell script, I exported the groups with the old owner (>150) to a csv file. Now I need to change the owner of those groups using the csv file as input.
I don`t have much experience with scripting, I appreciate any help.
Thanks!
The task is very easy with PowerShell. You didn't show an example of the CSV data you exported so an example may not be exact. However, I assume you exported the default output of Get-ADGroup it might look something like this
(Import-Csv C:\temp\managedBy.csv).DistinguishedName| Set-ADGroup -ManagedBy <NewManager's DN>
Note: I like to use the DistinguishedName for these things but samAccountName should also work.
(Import-Csv C:\temp\managedBy.csv).samAccountName | Set-ADGroup -ManagedBy <NewsamAccountName>
Note: Again with the assumption that your Csv data is a direct export Get-ADGroups's output. You cannot pipe Import-Csv directly to Get/Set-ADGroup as the latter will have trouble determining which property to bind to the -Identity parameter.
However, I would point out you really don't need the intermediate Csv file. You can query AD directly for groups managed by the old manager and pipe that to a command to change the owner.
Get-ADGroup -Filter "ManagedBy -eq '<OldOwner'sDN>'" |
Set-ADGroup -ManagedBy "<NewOwner'sDN"
Note: Again you may be able to get away with using the samAccountName instead of the DN.
Note: You can add the WhatIf parameter to the Set-ADGroup` command to preview what will happen before actually running it.
Hello & thanks in advance for the help!
Looking to delete computers (Workstations OU) in AD if they meet a certain criteria.
I need to make sure they have the "LOCATION," part of the Canonical name in common before proceeding to delete. If they are not at my location that could be reason to investigate and I do not want to delete them. This is an example of one PC (Caps are fields I changed):
ORGANIZATION.COM/Workstations/BUSINESS UNIT/Desktops/LOCATION/COMPUTER NAME
I have the following script currently that will print them to a .csv which is helpful, but to take it one step further, it would be nice to print this on the screen then review it quick and proceed with a delete. Any tips??
Get-Content C:\Temp\Powershell\hosts.txt | ForEach-Object {
Get-ADComputer $_ -Properties Name,CanonicalName |Select-Object Name,CanonicalName
} -ErrorAction Ignore | Export-Csv C:\Temp\Powershell\Output.csv
Or even a second line of code I can utilize the output.csv with, not sure where to go from here...
Again, Thanks!
Added -Recursive and it seems to be working as expected.
I am a young I.T Apprentice who is responsible (in part)for administering Active Directory tasks.
I have looked to learn powershell to help with this.
Anyway, I'm looking to incorporate reading data from files into my daily tasks to simplify a process, I'm looking to pull data and configure Changes for multiple AD accounts. My idea is to have a file with the samaccountname listed in a single column (with no header). Import the csv file to get the ad username and disable the users then place a new description in the accounts description field.
Right now I have a csv with usernames listed and a script that imports the csv and this is where I'm stuck.
I can execute the disable-aduser and set-aduser -description "sample text", functions I need for the script separately , successfully in testing in a one liner situation by calling on the get-aduser and piping the result to each command, but I'm looking to place this in a script and grab the ad usernames from a csv for multiple accounts.
I'm having trouble setting the object variable from the csv (i hope that's the right terminology), I have been unable to 'get this' for lack of a better term. I'm hoping to place this into a for loop to include the functions I have described.
Can anyone help me or describe how I can set the variables to encapsulate each ad user account in my file to help me continue on with my script and configure the changes above?
I know this may seem like a strange or overly simple question to ask I.T pros but I can assure you I have done further reading but I havent been able to find a resolution to this specific problem.
My apologies if the terminology in my question is not spot on.
Thank you in advance, Glenn.
here's one way to loop thru a collection of items imported from a CSV file ...
# fake reading in a headerless, one-column text file as a CSV
# in real life, use Import-CSV
$UserNameList = #'
OneTest
TwoTest
ThreeTest
FourTest
'# | ConvertFrom-Csv -Header UserName
foreach ($UNL_Item in $UserNameList)
{
# do the things you need done to each user id here
'Acting on user [ {0} ] ...' -f $UNL_Item.UserName
}
hope that helps,
lee
The below will load the entire CSV and show it in an Out-GridView. You can then CTRL click multiple users and process them that way.
I enjoy doing it this way in the event that another name has snuck into my CSV when it should not have,
Import-CSV 'C:\Location\of\CSV.csv' | Out-GridView -PassThru | ForEach-Object{Disable-ADAccount $_.SamAccountName; Set-ADUser -Identity $_.SamAccountName -Description "Test Description"}
NOTE: Thanks Robert for advice of skipping putting the Import-csv into a variable to handle and going straight to the source.
So, I have a Powershell script that I use to see if usernames in an array are Smartcard Enabled. A lot of the scripts that are used to automate my company use VBS. Unfortunately my VBS is VERY rusty and I need to convert this powershell into VBS so my lead programmer can use it in a larger script. The script is below. I am leaving out the ADUC Hierarchy for my company's safety. It will be written in the code as "OU=,DC=" Thanks for the assist.
$Array="C:\UserNames.csv"
ForEach($Name in $Array)
{
Get-ADUser -SearchBase "OU=,DC=" -Filter * -Properties * | Where {$_.CN -like "*$Name*"} | Where {$_.SmartcardLogonRequired -eg %False} | Select SamAccountName,GivenName,Surname,SmartcardLogonRequired
}
Turns out he didn't actually want this translated. He needed the UserAccountControl Code for SMARTCARD_REQUIRED (262144). Well, I can scrap the last 3 days of work. Thanks for the comments.
I have a very simple question but for some reason I can't seem to get my head around it.
I need a line of code that could be ran as a user from a client and lists all the "memeber of" groups from the AD (ONLY FOR THIS CURRENT USER). similar to
Get-ADGroupMember -identity "domain admins" -Recursive | foreach{ get-aduser $_} | select SamAccountName,objectclass,name
I would like the result to be listed.
I either need a way to import the AD module on a client computer or another way to contact the DC and get the users current "memeber of" groups.
/Niklas
I found the best way for my needs but CB.'s answer worked as well!
[ADSISEARCHER]"samaccountname=$($env:USERNAME)").Findone().Properties.memberof -replace '^CN=([^,]+).+$','$1'
I can then keep using this output in my code
you can use dos command line:
net user /domain %username%
The easiest way to do this would be with
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -identity "Username"
Now this also means that you would have to have the active directory module loaded which you can find more information on its use on Technet Get-ADPrincipalGroupMember
If you simply want to produce a list, make a call to the command prompt as I find this works well, although it does truncate group names:
net user %username% /DOMAIN
If you want to programmatically get them and easily do something with that data, you'll want to rely on the Active Directory cmdlets.
To determine if you have these readily available in Powershell, you'll need to run the following command:
Get-Module –ListAvailable
If you don't see ActiveDirectory in the list you will need to first download and install the Windows Management Framework and import the module yourself:
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Once that's done I believe this command should do the trick:
(Get-ADUser userName –Properties MemberOf | Select-Object MemberOf).MemberOf
Hopefully that gets you started. I'm fairly certain that there's more than one way to accomplish this with Powershell. Take a look at the Microsoft TechNet documentation to see if you can find something that better suits your needs.
Personally I have only ever needed to query AD group memberships ad-hoc for diagnostic purposes and have always relied on Get-ADUser or the command line call, depending on the target audience of the resulting data.