How-to move objects (users) from one ou to another using Powershell and an XLSX

Question

Hi all,
I have a spreadsheet that has headers. I need to move all of the objects on this exception report to the proper OU (all going to the same OU).
The header that validates the need to move is called "Display Name".
The process now is as follows.
1) Copy displayname
2) Open AD search
3) enter display name in find box
4) locate object
5) right click object in results and click move.
6) move to the OU "Home.test.com/uk Online/Users OU/Business Process"
--- How can i use Import-CSV to automate this process?
Thanks for any help, there is about 4K lines on this sheet and it normally takes about 25 days of "busy work" to accomplish this, then 5 days later I have to re-run the report and start over.
Josh
Josh Borges

Answer 1

Hi Josh,
This assumes that you can save your file as an actual CSV file:
$skippedUsers = @()
Import-Csv .\userList.csv | ForEach {
$displayName = $_."Display Name"
$user = Get-ADUser -Filter "DisplayName -eq '$displayName'" -Properties DisplayName
If ($user.Count) {
$skippedUsers += $displayName
Else {
$user | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Business Process,OU=Users OU,OU=uk Online,DC=home,DC=test,DC=com' -WhatIf
If ($skippedUsers) { Write-Host 'The following users could not be moved automatically:' -ForegroundColor Red ; $skippedUsers }
Do you have to use the display name property? That's not guaranteed to be unique, so you might run into problems. The script above will not attempt to move the user if more than one is returned by the command.
EDIT: I've also added -WhatIf to Move-ADObject. Now the command won't actually move your users, it will just tell you about it. Remove it if you're happy with the output.
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