Exchange 2010 create mail enabled users from a csv file

you would be looking for new-mailuser

sorry i forgot to give you the link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996335.aspx

Hi Thank you for the link.  But how do I get the script to look at the csv file for the information that needs to be imported?

build your csv something like

Alias,Name,UPN,Password,email
User_One,User One,userone@yourUPNsuffix.com,P@ssw0rd1,userone@domain1.com
User_Two,User Two,usertwo@yourUPNsuffix.com,P@ssw0rd2,usertwo@domain2.com
User_Three,User Three,userthree@yourUPNsuffix.com,P@ssw0rd3,userthree@domain3.com

Import-CSV c:\list.csv | foreach {New-mailuser -Alias $_.alias -Name $_.name -UserPrincipalName $_.UPN -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString $_.password -AsPlainText -Force) -ExternalEmailAddress $_.email -OrganizationalUnit domain.com/users}

Hi
Thank you for this information. In my .csv file I also have office telephone number, Mobile phone number, Company, Job Title and Manager.  Would you know how I could incorporate these at the same time?

On a slightly different scenario.
If the users already exist in Acive Directory (Server 2003). Could you mail enable them via a script and .csv file? If so how?

No for the extra information it won't work with new-mailuser you will need to create a user using new-aduser


Import-CSV c:\list.csv | foreach {New-ADUser -Name $_.name -UserPrincipalName $_.UPN -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString $_.password -AsPlainText -Force) -OrganizationalUnit domain.com/users -OfficePhone $_.OfficePhone -Company $_.company -Manager $_.manager}

for all properties check http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617253.aspx

then run
Import-CSV c:\list.csv | foreach { Enable-Mailuser $_.UPN -Alias $_.Alias  -ExternalEmailAddress $_.email}


this last one will also apply to your second scenario so basically we created first enabled later

Hi

I have done a test import using just Alias,Name,UPN,Password,email which has worked well.

However Name obvioulsly gives me "Display Name" in Active Directory.  What parameters do I need to get Firstname and Lastname?

If anyone can also help on the other quetions I have above.as well I would appreciate it.

Kevan

Check the link I gave you ! -GivenName  and -Surname


what other quesitons ?

Hi Thank you.  I think my last question crossed with your response in the ether!!

Just giving it all a try now.

Hi

I am getting the error below when trying to run the New-ADUser command.  I am running this on the Exchange 2010 sp1 server in the Exchange Management shell. We are still in a Windows 2003 domain.  What am I doing wrong?  Would this command only work if I was in a Windows 2008 Domain?

The term 'New-ADUser' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:62
+ Import-csv "c:\wrcuserswithoutemail.csv"| foreach {New-ADUser <<<<  -GivenName $_.First -Surname $_.Lastname -alias $
_.alias -name $_.name -userPrincipalName $_.UPN -Org $_.organizationalunit -OfficePhone $_.OfficePhone  -MobilePhone $_
.Mobile -Company $_.company -Office $_.office -title $_.JobTitle -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString $_.Password -AsPlain
Text -Force) }
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (New-ADUser:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException



REgards

Kevan

yea sorry you need to do an import-module activedirectory before

How do I do that?

just from exchange management shell type

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

Sorry- More problems.  I get the error message below when running Import-Module ActiveDirectory


[PS] C:\Windows\system32>import-module ActiveDirectory
WARNING: Error initializing default drive: 'Unable to find a default server with Active Directory Web Services
running.'.
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>

you don't have any 2008R2 domain contorller ?

No.  I have said all along we are running a Windows 2003 Domain.

Alternatively you can use quest tools and user the New-QADUser http://wiki.powergui.org/index.php/New-QADUser

Hi

I have imported the users using our AD Manager Plus to our Domain and then Mail Enabled them using

Import-CSV c:\list.csv | foreach { Enable-Mailuser $_.UPN -Alias $_.Alias  -ExternalEmailAddress $_.email}

from the Exchange Server.

Thank you very much for all your help.  Hopefully we will have a Windows 2008 R2 Domain soon so as we can fully utilize Power Shell.

Thank you for all your help. I have learnt a lot.

thank you for the point and sorry I wasn't of big help

Hi

I thought I had got thie resolved.
I am trying to run this command to mail enable the users that I have already set up.

Import-csv "c:\wrcusersemail.csv"| foreach {Enable-mailuser -userPrincipalName $_.UPN -alias $_.Alias -ExternalEmailAddress $_.email}

However I get this error:

A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'SEdwards@oxford.nsf.org'.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Enable-MailUser], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Enable-MailUser

Can you tell me why?

Thank you.
Kevan

Hi  I have sorted this out.

I used:

import-csv "c:\wrcusersemail.csv"| foreach {Enable-mailuser -Identity $_.Identity -alias $_.Alias -ExternalEmailAddress $_.email}

And created a field for -identity in my csv file.

For info for other users this looked like this

child.domain.org/OU/OU/Users name as below.
'uk.nss.org/london-Users/WRC/Alan Smith'