Re: Modify Uses

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Hi Richard,
Thank for your reply.

Can you give me an example of the command line I woud run to import the
employee number to the deparment atribute. I can't quite get my head round it

Regards
John


"Richard Mueller [MVP]" wrote:


"John McC" <JohnMcC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Im looking for some help on bulk modifying user attributes.

I need to export all users in an OU and all sub OU's. Send the output to
the HR department for review and for them to add in every users employee
ID
then for me to import the employee numbers to AD.

I have run a CSVDE command to export the attributes I think are required
(Name, sn, givennam, Mail, userPrincipalName,description,department).

I am going to use the department attribute to hold the employee numbers.

Am I going about this the correct way or is there a better way? How do I
go
aboutimporting the details once I get them back from HR?

Regards
John

When you export make sure you include the distinguishedName. When you import
you need distinguishedName and whatever attribute values you are modifying.
Also, there is an employeeID attribute for user objects, but it is not
displayed in ADUC. If you don't use the department attribute for anything
else you can use that.

You might want to check out Joe Richards' free adfind and admod utilities.
They are easier to use and more powerful. You can export to csv file, modify
the file, then use it to modify. When you import, only specify the
distinguishedName and employeeID (or department).

http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm

http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/admod/index.htm


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Richard Mueller
MVP Directory Services
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