Bulk Add AD through Powershell/CSV issue - powershell

Question

I am trying to bulk-add users into my Active Directory, but I am getting expression errors right at the start of the script. I am not a script buff at all, so I am really out of ideas from the get go.
$Users = Import-Csv ".\UsersFile.csv"
foreach ($User in $Users)
{
-OrganizationalUnit $User.OU
-SamAccountName $User.UserName
-userPassword $User.Password
-GivenName $User.First
-Initials $USer.Initial
-sn $User.Last
-Displayname $User.DisplayName
-Description $User.Description
-Physicaldeliveryofficename $User.Office
-TelephoneNumber $User.Tel
-Mail $User.mail
-streetaddress $User.Street
-postOfficeBox $User.Postbus
-l $User.Location
-st $User.Provincie
-postalCode $User.Postcode
-c $User.Land
-deparment $User.Department
-Company $User.Organisatie
-Manager $User.Manager
-Password $User.Password -ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $false
}
The error log.
Missing expression after unary operator '-'.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\CreateUserBulk.ps1:4 char:10
+ - <<<< OrganizationalUnit $User.OU `
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (-:String) [], Parseexception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorID : MissingExpressionAfterOperator
After trying the link (From serv) and editing the CSV and script accordingly, getting a lot more errors now with this.
Import-Csv : Cannot open file "C:\Users\administrator\UsersFile.csv".
At C:\Users\administrator\Desktop\Untitled3.ps1:2 char:20
+ $Users = Import-Csv <<<< -Delimiter ";" -Path ".\UsersFile.csv"
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (:) [Import-Csv], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportCsvCommand
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\administrator\Desktop\Untitled3.ps1:9 char:53
+ $FirstLetterFirstname = $UserFirstname.substring <<<< (0,1)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (substring:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
ConvertTo-SecureString : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'String' because it is null.
At C:\Users\administrator\Desktop\Untitled3.ps1:11 char:195
+ New-ADUser -Name $Detailedname -SamAccountName $SAM -UserPrincipalName $SAM -DisplayName $Detailedname -GivenName
$user.firstname -Surname $user.name -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString <<<< $Password -AsPlainText -Force) -Ena
bled $true -Path $OU
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToSe
cureStringCommand
EDIT2: Fixed, I changed the source link to it's fullness and now it works!

Answer 1

You are not creating a new AD user in your script. So -OrganizationalUnit should be undefined and throw an error, excpet you declare them as a variable first.
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$Users = Import-Csv -Delimiter ";" -Path ".\UsersFile.csv"
foreach ($User in $Users)
{
$FirstLetterFirstname = $User.firstname.substring(0,1)
New-ADUser -Name $User.firstname + " " + $User.name
-SamAccountName $FirstLetterFirstName + $User.name
//... and so on
}
You can declare all variables first in the manner of $FirstletterFirstName and execute the New-ADUser command at the end of each loop, which makes it easier to read and modify later on.
The important part stays: Adding a new user is executed through the New-ADUser command which you are missing. You can also add the New-ADUser to the top of your loop, which should make your query work if there are no other syntax errors / Spelling errors in your code
//EDIT: You can find a working example at http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/ed20b349-9758-4c70-adc0-19c5acfcae45
and the TechNet article for New-ADUser:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617253.aspx