Bulk change

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Davidp

Is it possible to do a bulk change of all user accounts ?

I need to change users logon names to have a W in front. I could do it
manuallyl but we have over 2000 user accounts created.

I have heard of the util CSVDE but im sure that is just for bulk creation
not bulk modification.

Regards

Davidp
 
I dont like the look of scripts...I'm not a VB person.

Is there no way to export ad data to a csv for example, edit and then import
back in ?

thanks

davidp
 
Yes, CSVDE only lets you create accounts, not modify them
but you can use LDIFDE (which also ships with Win2K) to
modify existing accounts. The file format is a bit awkward
but it works. I have developed scripts with VBScript and
ADSI that work well and there is a ton of documentation
out there for account management using VB. If you dont
have the inkling for programming there is an app called
ADVantage from Javelina Software
(www.javelinasoftware.com) that is extremely handy for a
lot of AD stuff and its pretty reasonable - +/- $1,000.00.
Jeff Hague
MCSE
 
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