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Shaun Hardneck
Copper Contributor
May 02, 2017

Bulk add user to distribution group

Bulk add users to Distribution Group

 

I was ask recently to simplify a task for support staff to bulk add users to a distribution group. So i created the following script to add user from csv.

 

The script will 'prompt' for 'Distribution Group' name and will add users accordingly.

I have also added the 'WhatIf' option by default.

 

 

#Created to simplify daily tasks
#Web: http://thatlazyadmin.com
#Twitter: Shaun.Hardneck
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SnapIn;
$DGroup = Read-Host 'Insert Distribution Group Name'
Import-Csv 'C:\Softlib\Users.csv' |
ForEach{
try { 
Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity $DGroup -Member $_.name -ErrorAction stop -WhatIf
} 
catch [system.exception]
{
Write-Host "$_.name" -ForegroundColor Red 
}
Finally
{
}}

 

Hope this helps someone out there in the wild wild net.

 

http://thatlazyadmin.com

 

exchange
office 365

4 Replies

    • Bric_100's avatar
      Bric_100
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 19, 2019

      Deleted  Just add the emailaddress in text file and feed to below script, it has status bar, error reporting & some handy features

       

      https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Add-Bulk-Users-to-6f3014b2

    • Maris_M's avatar
      Maris_M
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 15, 2019

      This script works for me:

       

      $Dgroup = Read-Host 'Insert Distribution Group Name'
      Import-Csv "C:\scripts\AddDistGroupMembers.csv" |
      foreach{Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity $DGroup -Member $_.email}

       

       

      And the .csv file has a header "email"

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