Import Active Directory Users from a CSV File

Another option for creating users in AD is to import them from a CSV file. This option is great when you have a list of users with predefined personal details such as:

• FirstName
• LastName
• Username
• Department
• Password
• OU

The CSV file must be in UTF8 encoding and contain contact data that looks like this:

The following script will create enabled user objects for any users in the CSV that don’t already have accounts in AD. The “Reset password at the next logon” option will be enabled for the new accounts, so you can use your default password:

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After script execution, we have two new users, Edward Franklin and Bill Jackson, in our Active Directory domain: