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Looking for help with automating user account creation

Hello all,

I am looking for input / suggestions for automating our user creation process. Or potentially streamlining it a bit so it requires less user interaction. I have attached our actual new user creation document, but would like to get peoples input on things that might be able to be streamlined.

Information on automating new user accounts?
OMC-Newhire-2.docx

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athomsfere

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Steven Carnahan

That is a well laid out procedure. Many of the steps can be done automaticaly by using templates. One example: creating the users home folder.

By creating the templates for the most common types of positions then you simply need to copy the template when you want to create a user with all the settings for that position. All you would have to do then is a little bit of "clean up" like the phone/extension.

Attached a notated version of your file.
OMC-Newhire-3.docx

David Johnson, CD

Powershell/VB script is your friend here. Create a fillable form and then let the script do all of the work. There is less chance of an error.

omcmonitor

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So it sounds like Powershell / VB will be my answer for most of this.

Powershell/VB script is your friend here. Create a fillable form and then let the script do all of the work. There is less chance of an error.

This sounds like a great idea. I am assuming there is no holy grail of info on how to do this and most likely something that i will need to muddle through on my own?

athomsfere

You can build a GUI form in Powershell. You can also read through a csv easily to build a new user.

The nice thing about the CSV is that you can fill it out, have a hiring manager double check a list of names, and then run the script once.