Importing schema properties

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We're in Win2k3 native mode at the top domain/forest functional levels.

What's the best way to import schema information that we have stored in a
CSV file? In other words, a CSV file that contains user names (for existing
users) and different information specific to their country's and regions.
We'd like to import the information in the CSV so that it populates each
user object with the additional info in the appropriate fields.

Any thoughts?
 
Hi,

Since you already have a CSV file, you can use a tool called CSVDE to
import it. Please refer to following article:

327620 How to use Csvde to import contacts and user objects into Active
Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;327620

Hope it helps.

Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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It depends...

If the users already exist in the directory you cannot use csvde to update them.
In that case a custom script will need to be written that loops through the CSV
file and updates the appropriate attributes.

Also, importing Schema properties/changes is something different than what is
described here. OP will confuse folks by saying schema unless they are actually
modifying the schema of a domain. It will effectively limit how many people look
at the post as well as schema questions scare a lot of people.

joe

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jim said:
We're in Win2k3 native mode at the top domain/forest functional levels.

What's the best way to import schema information that we have stored in a
CSV file? In other words, a CSV file that contains user names (for existing
users) and different information specific to their country's and regions.
We'd like to import the information in the CSV so that it populates each
user object with the additional info in the appropriate fields.

Any thoughts?
Click to expand...
As Joe pointed out, what you are wanting to do has nothing to do with
the schema. To add to what he said I'll state the following: The schema
contains rules and definitions for what exists in the directory
information tree (DIT), which is where instances of those definitions
(object classes) reside (such as users and computers). FYI, MS does not
allow deletions to occur in the schema but additions and modifications
can be made. Deletions however can be made to the DIT (deleting a user
for example).
 
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