powershell

Case study 1/user adding AD/user-add.ps1

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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Adds new Active Directory users from a CSV file.
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Reads a CSV with user details and creates corresponding AD accounts.
+.NOTES
+    Requires RSAT / ActiveDirectory module.
+#>
+
+$base = "DC=company,DC=local"
+# Path to CSV file
+$scriptPath = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$csvPath = Join-Path $scriptPath "users.csv"
+
+# Try to import Active Directory module
+try {
+    Import-Module ActiveDirectory -ErrorAction Stop
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Failed to import Active Directory module. Please ensure RSAT tools are installed and you have administrative privileges."
+    Write-Error "Error: $_"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Import from CSV
+Write-Host "Reading users from: $csvPath"
+try {
+    $users = Import-Csv -Path $csvPath
+    Write-Host "Successfully loaded $($users.Count) users from CSV"
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Failed to read CSV file: $_"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Make sure Employees OU exists
+if (-not (Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter {DistinguishedName -eq "OU=Employees,$base"} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    try {
+        New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "Employees" -Path $base
+        Write-Host "Created base Employees OU" -ForegroundColor Green
+    } catch {
+        Write-Error "Failed to create Employees OU: $_"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
+# Get unique OUs from CSV file
+$requiredOUs = $users | Select-Object -ExpandProperty OU -Unique
+
+# Create each required OU if it doesn't exist
+foreach ($ou in $requiredOUs) {
+    $ouPath = "OU=$ou,OU=Employees,$base"
+    if (-not (Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter {DistinguishedName -eq $ouPath} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+        try {
+            New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name $ou -Path "OU=Employees,$base"
+            Write-Host "Created OU: $ou under Employees" -ForegroundColor Green
+        } catch {
+            Write-Warning "Failed to create OU: $ou - $_"
+        }
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "OU already exists: $ou" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+    }
+}
+
+foreach ($user in $users) {
+    $FirstName  = $user.FirstName
+    $LastName   = $user.LastName
+    $Username   = $user.Username
+    $OU         = $user.OU
+    $Password   = (ConvertTo-SecureString $user.Password -AsPlainText -Force)
+    $Department = $user.Department
+    $Title      = $user.Title
+    $DisplayName = "$FirstName $LastName"
+    $Email = "$Username@example.com"
+
+    # Check if user already exists
+    if (Get-ADUser -Filter {SamAccountName -eq $Username}) {
+        Write-Host "User $Username already exists, skipping..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+        continue
+    }
+
+    # Create the user
+    try {
+        $ouPath = "OU=$OU,OU=Employees,$base"
+        Write-Host "Attempting to create user: $Username in OU: $ouPath" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+        
+        # Verify OU exists first
+        if (-not (Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter {DistinguishedName -eq $ouPath} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+            Write-Host "Error: OU '$ouPath' does not exist!" -ForegroundColor Red
+            continue
+        }
+
+        New-ADUser `
+            -SamAccountName $Username `
+            -UserPrincipalName $Email `
+            -Name $DisplayName `
+            -GivenName $FirstName `
+            -Surname $LastName `
+            -DisplayName $DisplayName `
+            -Path $ouPath `
+            -Department $Department `
+            -Title $Title `
+            -AccountPassword $Password `
+            -Enabled $true `
+            -ChangePasswordAtLogon $true `
+            -ErrorAction Stop
+
+        Write-Host "Successfully created user: $DisplayName ($Username)" -ForegroundColor Green
+    }
+    catch {
+        Write-Host "Failed to create user $Username" -ForegroundColor Red
+        Write-Host "Error details: $_" -ForegroundColor Red
+        Write-Host "Stack trace: $($_.ScriptStackTrace)" -ForegroundColor Red
+    }
+}
+
+Write-Host "User import complete."

Case study 1/user adding AD/users.csv

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+FirstName,LastName,Username,OU,Password,Department,Title
+Henriette,Fonteyn,hfonteyn,"Directie","P@ssword123","Directie","Algemeen Directeur"
+Frank,Fonteyn,ffonteyn,"Directie","P@ssword123","Directie","Financieel Directeur"
+Anja,de Groot,adegroot,"Directie","P@ssword123","Directie","Directie assistente"
+Inge,Winsemius-Schut,iwinsemiusschut,"HR","P@ssword123","HR","Hoofd HR"
+Antoon,van der Hoeven,avanderhoeven,"BeheerOntwikkeling","P@ssword123","Beheer & Ontwikkeling","Directeur Beheer & Ontwikkeling"
+Freek,van der Plas,fvanderplas,"BeheerOntwikkeling","P@ssword123","Beheer & Ontwikkeling","Beheer & Ontwikkeling"
+Fatima,Laroussi,flaroussi,"BeheerOntwikkeling","P@ssword123","M&A","M&A"
+Norman,Jorgens,njorgens,"Duitsland","P@ssword123","Duitsland","Land directeur Duitsland"
+Erica,Bessels,ebessels,"Benelux","P@ssword123","Benelux","Land directeur Benelux"
+JeanJacques,Velo,jvelo,"ZuidEuropa","P@ssword123","Zuid-Europa","Land directeur Zuid-Europa"
+Jelle,Snelle,jsnelle,"SalesMarketing","P@ssword123","Sales & Marketing","Manager Sales & Marketing"
+Cheng,Fui,cfui,"SalesMarketing","P@ssword123","Sales & Marketing","Sales"
+Harrie,Makers,hmakers,"Operations","P@ssword123","Operations","Operations Manager"
+Eric,de Knutselaar,edeknutselaar,"Operations","P@ssword123","Technische Dienst","Technische dienst"
+Piet,Poester,ppoester,"Operations","P@ssword123","Schoonmaak","Schoonmaak"
+Francien,de Kok,fdekok,"FoodBeverages","P@ssword123","Food & Beverages","Manager Food & Beverages"
+Mohammed,Ozturk,mozturk,"Hospitality","P@ssword123","Hospitality","Manager Hospitality"
+Stefaan,Vrijsen,svrijsen,"ICT","P@ssword123","ICT & Security","ICT & Security Manager"
+John,Ntwari,jntwari,"ICT","P@ssword123","ICT & Security","Helpdesk"
+Frank,Ventiel,fventiel,"ICT","P@ssword123","ICT & Security","Systeembeheerder"
+Sohail,Sosa,ssosa,"ICT","P@ssword123","ICT & Security","Applicatiebeheerder"
+Frits,Franken,ffranken,"ICT","P@ssword123","ICT & Security","ICT Projectmanagement"
+Bernhard,vandenBroek,bvandenbroek,"ICT","P@ssword123","ICT & Security","ICT Demandmanagement"
+Anke,van Dalen-Schoten,avandalen,"Finance","P@ssword123","Finance & Control","Finance & Control Manager"