Populating user information in active directory accounts

[Kevin]

In the past when creating accounts in the active
directory we have never entered anything other thatn the
user name in the account information fields.

We're moving towards Sharepoint, and it would be handy to
import user information from the AD. Is there a shortcut
or utility to populate the address, phone number, etc
fields in the account information fields of the active
directory user accounts?

This would save some work while going through and
entering all the missing data.

Thanks

 

[Tomasz Onyszko]

In the past when creating accounts in the active
directory we have never entered anything other thatn the
user name in the account information fields.

We're moving towards Sharepoint, and it would be handy to
import user information from the AD. Is there a shortcut
or utility to populate the address, phone number, etc
fields in the account information fields of the active
directory user accounts?

This would save some work while going through and
entering all the missing data.

simple script with ADSI will do the job for You
use this handfull examples:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/user/default.mspx
and ADSI scriptomatic as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/tools/admatic.mspx

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

On top of what Tomasz suggested, which would probably be the better way - if
you can script - I might suggest that you take a look at ADModify. This
will really speed up the process. Another possibility - although not as
attractive as ADModify - is ldifde.

Here is a link the version 1.6 of ADModify:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/PSS/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/ADModify/

HTH,

Cary