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TDJNL2006
Copper Contributor
May 31, 2021

Bulk change preferredLanguage on-premise Active Directory

Hi all,

 

I need to change preferredLanguage (Attribute Editor) on our on-premise AD for all users to nl-NL.

 

I'm searching Google for over one hour, but only find a lot of information related to O365 (Azure AD).

 

 

I should start with the GET-command below to 'find' all users.

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter { name -like '*users*' }

 

 

What script should i use to change attribute preferredLanguage to nl-NL?

 

Already big thanks for your support!

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  • AndySvints's avatar
    AndySvints
    Steel Contributor
    Jun 08, 2021

    Hello TDJNL2006,

    To change attribute for Active Directory objects you should use Set-ADObject cmdlet.

    Once you get users then loop trough the collection and set required attribute:

    $AllUsers=Get-ADUser -Filter *

foreach ($u in $AllUsers){
    Set-ADObject -Identity $u.DistinguishedName -replace @{preferredLanguage="nl-NL"}
}

    Hope that helps.

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