For example, you can use all three options to create a template AD account that can be copied using a CSV file to generate multiple new AD accounts. These practices can sometimes be combined to together to create a more efficient solution.
Creating AD user accounts isn’t a glamorous job and is ripe for automation. But creating an AD user this way takes, on average, three minutes per user account. Typically, admins manually create AD accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in installed on your desktop computer installed via Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). You quickly search the Internet for some options to expedite creating these user accounts and discover that you can automate the AD account provisioning using the command-line and a PowerShell cmdlet called New-ADUser.
But, your boss casually walks over and asks, “Did you get the email? Can you handle this by the end of the day?” You quickly open Microsoft Outlook and sure enough it’s an email from the HR department, with you cc’d by your manager, asking you to provision 400 new employee Active Directory (AD) accounts before you leave the office. It’s been a busy week, so you’ve decided to make plans to watch the big game with your closest friends. It’s Friday evening and one hour before you are planning to go home for the weekend.
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