Adding/Removing users using a CSV file

Adding users (or computers) is straightforward, as you saw in the two previous recipes. These methods are great for adding one or two users/computers, but if you have a larger number of users or computers to add, this can become long-winded.

Spiceworks (https://www.spiceworks.com/) is an excellent site for IT Professionals to learn more and get their problems solved. Spiceworks has a busy PowerShell support forum which you can access at https://community.spiceworks.com/programming/powershell. A frequently asked (and answered) question at Spiceworks is: How do I add multiple users using an input file? This recipe does just that.

You start by creating a CSV file containing details of the users you want to add. In production, you would add additional fields to the rows in the CSV and amend the recipe script to add these property values to each user you create.

This recipe uses a CSV file of users to add to AD, with a limited set of properties and values...