TheScarfedOne Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Thumbs up for AUM here too... It will also do the add to group if you put the groups you want in the template for the OU. Have a gander at the user guide - it tells you how to do it. Only one down point on it is that it cant do Exchange 07 mailboxes... Otherwise - AUM is spot on!! :-)
DAckroyd Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I've just installed AUM on one of my 2008 DC's and get an error when trying to activate saying "The Activation Code entered has not been accepted" anyone else experiance this or is it a 2k8 thing? thanks
binky Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I've just installed AUM on one of my 2008 DC's and get an error when trying to activate saying "The Activation Code entered has not been accepted" anyone else experiance this or is it a 2k8 thing? thanks I did this and AUM was VERY unstable, especially with the permissions, it accepted the activation code - but I would not recommend it on 2k8.
BrianG Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I'd go for Adinfinitum. It's really flexible, you can change any settings you want, tell it to create home folders and stuff like that. We tend to download the trial, run it then uninstall it, sneaky but for the amount of time we need to do this sort of bulk creation it's not worth paying for.
DAckroyd Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 does anyone have a/know of a good guide to powershell stuff with and user creation?
jamesb Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 does anyone have a/know of a good guide to powershell stuff with and user creation? The Scripting Guys are your best bet - I posted a link at the beginning of the thread but here it is again: Hey Scripting Guy! How Can I Create Users from a CSV File? Goes through a script to create users from a CSV, with careful notes on each step. There's also a Powershell Scriptomatic utility that might be useful: PowerShell Scriptomatic
gshaw Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) AUM won't take the registration code on my test box... issues with x64 maybe? Edit: cheated and copide the program folder from my PC where it registered OK Edited June 16, 2009 by gshaw
gshaw Posted June 23, 2009 Author Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) Back to the top with this one... there's a 2nd problem The AUM works fine for a manual import but chances are we'll need to run this weekly or even nightly to keep up with the new enrolments so need something that can be scripted. Been trying the Quest cmdlets and pulling my hair out in frustration as they're so awkward and the syntax seems to change with every revision so 1/2 the Internet samples don't work! So any suggestions for something that can be scripted (not UMRA as it's far too pricey) and doesn't need to be built from scratch Edit: looks like the Dovestones one will work Edited June 23, 2009 by gshaw
philterx Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Hi guys/gals I am currently working on Live@EDU for our school and a by product of work using powershell have put together a couple of scripts using ADSI, Quest cmlets and CSV file to do bulk AD jobs i.e. like make mail EN distribution groups and add users to groups etc. I have only made scripts I've needed so hope to build that up. I have made up how to for live@edu administration - Live@EDU Outlook Live – How to get started Most of the time scripts are written for IT in the know. What I would like to do is collaborate & slowly put technical jibberish code snippets together with easy to read language; well that is the goal. I have some old VB scripts that may be useful as well but its more audit based than user creation, I never really like VB, way to clunky. Mainly use administration program such as Adventnet, Altiris etc, but unfortunately not affordable to some. I'm not really on here much and post to my site mainly but I do like searching this forum and adding helpful links where approriate. I send a lot of my projects to my predecessor at NT Catholic Education so if you're in that area they might have some info. Cheers, Phil 1
gshaw Posted July 6, 2009 Author Posted July 6, 2009 We're looking at Live@Edu as well, do you have to create the mailboxes manually or can they just tie into an AD user account and auto create when logged in?
nadeem Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 We're looking at Live@Edu as well, do you have to create the mailboxes manually or can they just tie into an AD user account and auto create when logged in? They can auto create, ideally you'd use whatever MS are calling ILM in the next release (I was at a demo, but I forget the new name)
philterx Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 galsync 2010; and ilm2 are the buzz words to look for, there was something starting with F "" 2010 but can't remember at this time. GalSync 2010 releases for Outlook Live | Easy Read Articles & Implement GALSync 2010 Hope that helps When you start using it you will see how easy it is, any comments on artcile would be much appreciated on site. Would like to start building some resource, especially for ICT's in schools. gshaw let me know how you go Cheers, Phil
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