RE: Create MULTIPLE users using dsadd

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From: Scott (Scott_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 06:49:35 -0700

try csvde
CSVDE=
"Imports and exports data from Active Directory using files that store data in the comma-separated value (CSV) format. You can also support batch operations based on the CSV file format standard."

"Joel" wrote:

> I understand that we have an updated command line utility
> (namely dsadd) for adding user accounts to active
> directory in win server 2003. The older addusers was
> nice, but it lacks a lot when you try to apply it to
> win2k3.
>
> Unfortunately, I am unable to find how to add many user
> accounts at the same time using dsadd. Using addusers,
> you could provide it a simple comma delimited text file
> and it would create the users in one fell swoop like so:
> addusers \\DC /c importTextFile.txt.
>
> But how to do this with dsadd?! I can only find examples
> that create one user at a time! Please provide details
> of what the file (text or otherwise) must look like.
>
> Thanks for your help! I'm in an awful hurry to create
> users!
>
>
>

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