Editing AD Attributes

Question

I have a csv file that i am using to update some user attributes. The .csv file has the following attributes :
"Mail, extensionattribute1, department, physicalDeliveryOfficeName, Company" to update extensionattribute1, department, Office, Company respectively.  'Mail' which is the email address is the key to identify record.
I am new to powershell and was wondering what the easiest way to do this would be. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. This is to UPDATE existing users not create new ones. Thanks.
This is the command:
Import-Module ActiveDirectory            
$users = Import-Csv -Path C:\test\test.csv            
foreach ($user in $users) {           
 Get-ADUser -Filter "mail -eq '$($user.mail)'" |           
 Set-ADUser -extensionAttribute1 $($user.extensionAttribute1) -department $($user.department) -physicalDeliveryOfficeName $($user.physicalDeliveryOfficeName) -company $($user.company)      }
Following is the error:
+++++++++++
Set-ADUser : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name
'extensionattribute1'.
At line:1 char:87
+ ... " | Set-ADUser -extensionattribute1 $($user.extensionAttribute1)
-department $($ ...
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBind
   ingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory
   .Management.Commands.SetADUser
Set-ADUser : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name
'extensionattribute1'.
At line:1 char:87
+ ... " | Set-ADUser -extensionattribute1 $($user.extensionAttribute1)
-department $($ ...
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBind
   ingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory
   .Management.Commands.SetADUser
 +++++++++++

Answer 1

Hi,
To solve your problem, you need to change the name of the field as "Office" instead of "physicalDeliveryOfficeName" as highlighted in the below script.
$users = Import-Csv -Path <File Path>\Filename.csv            
foreach ($user in $users) {            
 Get-ADUser -Filter "mail -eq '$($user.mail)'" |            
 Set-ADUser -ADD @{extensionAttribute1 = $($user.extensionAttribute1)} -department $($user.department) -Office $($user.physicalDeliveryOfficeName) -company $($user.company)
FYI - In future, if you wish to modify the extension attribute values, then you need to clear the existing value as given below,
foreach ($user in $users) {            
 Get-ADUser -Filter "mail -eq '$($user.mail)'" |   
 Set-ADUser -Clear "extensionAttribute1"    
After clearing the existing attribute using the above command, you can update the new value for extensionAttribute1 from CSV file as given below,
$users = Import-Csv -Path C:\test\bulkuserupdate.csv                      
foreach ($user in $users) {            
 Get-ADUser -Filter "mail -eq '$($user.mail)'" |   
 Set-ADUser -ADD @{extensionAttribute1 = $($user.extensionAttribute1)} 
Regards,
Gopi
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