Powershell script to add users into a group in Active Directory using their email addresses
I am trying to get the script below to Import a list of user emails from a txt files, then provide me with the samaccountname and then inject the samaccount names into an AD distribution list or Sec group.
So far the script generates the Samaccountname. However, I am stuck on the part where the samaccountnames get added to the AD group.
I believe(could be wrong) I can add users to an AD group based on samaccountname but not email addresses. Which is why I am retrieving the samaccountname based on the email to then push them into the AD group.
Thank you in advance.
So far the script generates the Samaccountname. However, I am stuck on the part where the samaccountnames get added to the AD group.
I believe(could be wrong) I can add users to an AD group based on samaccountname but not email addresses. Which is why I am retrieving the samaccountname based on the email to then push them into the AD group.
Get-Content C:\temp\email-list.txt | ForEach {
Get-ADUser -Filter "mail -eq '$_'" | Select SamAccountName
}Thank you in advance.
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Thank you for the help!
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One quick last question: If I were to Remove user users instead of add; can I simply use the Remove-ADGroupMembership cmdlet?
You would have to incorporate it with this:
Remove-ADGroupMember -Identity $targetmembergroup member $ntuser -Confirm $false
Remove-ADGroupMember -Identity $targetmembergroup member $ntuser -Confirm $false
You can search the users using either samaccountname or email.