how to create ad user with some requirements in powershell? - powershell

Question

I have to create adUser's. The password should be the first 6 characters of the ID card and the last name. I should divide the full name into first name and last name.
This is my script, but it did not work:
$Userslist = import-csv "C:\teacherslist.csv"
ForEach ($User in $Userslist){
$name = $User.FullName -split '\s+'
$firstName = $name[0]
$lastName = $name[1]
$pass = $User.IDcard.subString(0,6)+$lastName
New-ADUser -name $User.StaffID
-GivenName $FirstName
-Surname $LastName
-DisplayName $user.FullName
-AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString $pass -AsPlainText -force)
-Path 'OU=Teacher,DC=school,DC=com'
-HomeDrive 'F:'
-changePasswordAtLogon $true
}

Answer 1

Ok, you are probably getting parsing issues with your arguments on different lines like that. I understand that it makes is easier to read, but PowerShell doesn't know that the next line contains another parameter for your New-ADUser cmdlet unless you put a backtick at the end of each line (must be the last character of the line).
If you want to keep your parameters organized like that a better way to do it is to assign them to a variable as a hashtable and then splat the hashtable as your parameters for New-ADUser.
ForEach ($User in $Userslist){
$name = $User.FullName -split '\s+'
$firstName = $name[0]
$lastName = $name[1]
$pass = $User.IDcard.subString(0,6)+$lastName
$Params = #{'name' = $User.StaffID;
'GivenName' = $FirstName;
'Surname' = $LastName;
'DisplayName' = $user.FullName;
'AccountPassword' = (ConvertTo-SecureString $pass -AsPlainText -force);
'Path' = 'OU=Teacher,DC=school,DC=com';
'HomeDrive' = 'F:';
'changePasswordAtLogon' = $true}
New-ADUser #Params
}