WARNING: A user account with username Ruth.Dickens already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Leonard.Clark already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Nicholas.Murray already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Boris.Campbell already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Richard.Grant already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Kylie.Davidson already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Piers.Bower already exists in Active Directory. WARNING: A user account with username Max.Fraser already exists in Active Directory. If you run the script and the user is already created in AD, you will get the following. The user account Jonathan.Fisher is created. The user account Ruth.Dickens is created. The user account Leonard.Clark is created. The user account Nicholas.Murray is created. The user account Boris.Campbell is created. The user account Richard.Grant is created. The user account Kylie.Davidson is created. In our example, the OU with the name IT is created and is empty. Create the OU if you don’t have it in AD. Good to know is that the script will not create the Organizational Unit (OU). Start Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). Run Add-NewUsersRandomPasswords PowerShell script Before running the script If you get errors when importing the CSV file, troubleshoot further before proceeding to the next step. PS C:\temp> Import-Csv NewUsersRP.csv | Out-GridView If you don’t see all the information in the output, make use of the Out-GridView cmdlet. Zoë ZR Rees Zoe.Rees 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Jonathan JF Fisher Jonathan.Fisher 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Ruth RD Dickens Ruth.Dickens 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Leonard LC Clark Leonard.Clark 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Nicholas NM Murray Nicholas.Murray 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Richard RG Grant ant 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE ITīoris BC Campbell Boris.Campbell 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Kylie KD Davidson Kylie.Davidson 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Piers PB Bower Piers.Bower 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT Max MF Fraser Max.Fraser 21 Baker St London NW1 6XE IT PS C:\temp> Import-Csv NewUsersRP.csv | Format-TableįirstName Initials Lastname Username Email StreetAddress City ZipCode State Department Import CSV file in PowerShellīefore you start running the PowerShell script, it’s good to import the CSV file in PowerShell first. Edit the CSV file to your needs and save it. Open the CSV file with your favorite editor. In our example, it’s .ĭownload the CSV template NewUsersRP.csv (direct link). Change line 13 to your UserPrincipalName (UPN). Change line 10 if you want to export the CSV with passwords to a different path then C:\temp\.Change line 7 if you are willing to place the CSV file to a different path then C:\scripts\.We recommend creating two folders with the name Scripts and Temp on the C:\ drive of the Management Server or Domain Controller.ĭownload the Powershell script Add-NewUsersRandomPasswords.ps1 (direct link). Prepare Add-NewUsersRandomPasswords PowerShell scriptīefore you start, you want to place the files in the right place. In that file, you will have the passwords column with the created passwords. After the user accounts are created with random passwords, a new CSV file will be exported. The PowerShell script will automatically create AD users from CSV file and generate random passwords for the users. PowerShell script that will create user accounts with random passwords In the article, we are going to use the following files: FileĬSV template that contains the user accounts information New CSV file including the random passwords.Run Add-NewUsersRandomPasswords PowerShell script.
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