Adding multiple AD user account quickly

[Matt Hurst]

Whats the quickest to add several user accounts into AD?
I work for a school system and at the end of the school
year their policy is to delete all the student accounts
and then recreat them, the problem is that we have over
2000 students so obviously creating them one by one would
be a major pain. Any and all help is greatly
appreciated, thanks in advance

 

[Jimmy Andersson [MVP]]

Use Ldifde or Csvde to import them, you can also script it with VBScript
etc...

Step-by-Step Guide to Bulk Import and Export to Active Directory:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/bulksteps.asp

Regards,
/Jimmy

 

[Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\)]

In Windows 2000 or 2003, you can use use ldifde for bulk import/export
operations:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q237/6/77.ASP&NoWebContent=1

 

[Ray]

I do exactly that in a school using AD Infinitum from
newfawm.com Not free but cheap compared with other
products.

Ray