Active directory bulk user change

[neonetman]

Good morning,

 

I've an entire year group of pupils where the first name and surname fields have been input the wrong way round. Is there a way I can easily bulk swap these over either within ADUC or using PowerShell?

 

Cheers

[CHiLL]

I believe ADModify still works: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/admodify-net-is-here/ba-p/610119

[neonetman]

Sadly the download link doesn't work any longer

[tdk1069]

foreach ($user in (get-aduser -Filter * -searchBase "")) 
{Set-ADUser $user -GivenName $user.Surname -Surname $user.GivenName
}

 

Quick n Dirty (Shhh you lot) . if you aren't logged in as someone with permissions you'll need -Credential (var with creds in)

feel free to add -WhatIF to the set-aduser to preview first *cough check!*

[CHiLL]

Sorry, I should have checked the link. It looks like Powershell is the answer (but I can't think of the commands off the top of my head). Are there more fields, other than the givenName and sn that need changing? Unless specified otherwise, I believe fields like the displayname, sAMAccountName, userPrincipalName, mail, etc, are built automatically.

[3s-gtech]

https://archive.org/details/ADModify2.1

[jthompson]

Bulk AD Users is another powerful option. It'll allow you do a CSV-based update. A CSV with columns for sAMAccountName, givenName and sn should do the trick.

[neonetman]

Thanks everyone, the archive link to ADModify sorted it and I've managed to get it sorted. Thank you all for your help and suggestions