create AD contacts, Bulk create AD contacts - Active Directory PowerShell

Create AD contacts, Bulk create AD contacts - Active Directory PowerShell

Create AD contact

To create a single AD contact, use the below powershell command.

New-ADObject -Type "Contact" -Name "Displayname" -DisplayName "Displayname" -Description "Description" -Path "OU=Contacts,DC=domain,DC=com" -OtherAttributes @{ sn="surname";givenName="firstname";mail="externalemailaddress";mailNickname="sn.gn";targetAddress="SMTP:externalemailaddress";title="title";physicalDeliveryOfficeName="officelocation"}

Bulk create AD contacts

Create a csv file (contact_creation.csv) for the contacts with their external email address, user details description. The Column names as in the below snapshot . Open Active directory powershell as an administrator and run the below command to create contacts in bulk.

$users= Import-csv "contact_creation.csv"

foreach ($user in $users)

{

$extemail = $user.email

$name =  $user.name

$given = $user.gn

$sur = $user.sn

$pass = $user.passw

$des = $user.descrip

$nick = $user.sama

$ti = $user.titl

$addr = $user.physical

New-ADObject -Type "Contact" -Name $name -DisplayName $name -Description $des -Path "OU=Contacts,DC=domain,DC=com" -OtherAttributes @{ sn=$sur;givenName=$given;mail=$extemail;mailNickname=$nick;targetAddress="SMTP:$extemail";title=$ti;physicalDeliveryOfficeName=$addr}

}