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Bulk update Azure AD with user attributes from CSV
- May 08, 2020
Hello Jacob,
Your CSV has to look something like this:
UserPrincipalName;Department;TelephoneNumber
manfreddelaat@domain.nl;IT;0135113333
manfred@domain.nl;IT;0622222222Your Powershell code:
# Connect to AzureAD Connect-AzureAD # Get CSV content $CSVrecords = Import-Csv C:\Temp\Test.csv -Delimiter ";" # Create arrays for skipped and failed users $SkippedUsers = @() $FailedUsers = @() # Loop trough CSV records foreach ($CSVrecord in $CSVrecords) { $upn = $CSVrecord.UserPrincipalName $user = Get-AzureADUser -Filter "userPrincipalName eq '$upn'" if ($user) { try{ $user | Set-AzureADUser -Department $CSVrecord.Department -TelephoneNumber $CSVrecord.TelephoneNumber } catch { $FailedUsers += $upn Write-Warning "$upn user found, but FAILED to update." } } else { Write-Warning "$upn not found, skipped" $SkippedUsers += $upn } } # Array skipped users # $SkippedUsers # Array failed users # $FailedUsers
Good luck!
Kind Regards, Manfred de Laat
Hello Jacob,
Your CSV has to look something like this:
UserPrincipalName;Department;TelephoneNumber
manfreddelaat@domain.nl;IT;0135113333
manfred@domain.nl;IT;0622222222
Your Powershell code:
# Connect to AzureAD
Connect-AzureAD
# Get CSV content
$CSVrecords = Import-Csv C:\Temp\Test.csv -Delimiter ";"
# Create arrays for skipped and failed users
$SkippedUsers = @()
$FailedUsers = @()
# Loop trough CSV records
foreach ($CSVrecord in $CSVrecords) {
$upn = $CSVrecord.UserPrincipalName
$user = Get-AzureADUser -Filter "userPrincipalName eq '$upn'"
if ($user) {
try{
$user | Set-AzureADUser -Department $CSVrecord.Department -TelephoneNumber $CSVrecord.TelephoneNumber
} catch {
$FailedUsers += $upn
Write-Warning "$upn user found, but FAILED to update."
}
}
else {
Write-Warning "$upn not found, skipped"
$SkippedUsers += $upn
}
}
# Array skipped users
# $SkippedUsers
# Array failed users
# $FailedUsers
Good luck!
Kind Regards, Manfred de Laat
Manfred101 Thank you for the script, i have two questions,
We update the AD attributes based on the EmployeeId, can the script be run by the EmployeeID instead of the upn, if yes, please how?
is the powershell script handle about 5k users or it's limited to a number of users only?
thank you in advance.
Daniel.