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Add-ADUserToGroup
  1. ## ===================================================================== 
  2. ## Title       : Add-ADUserToGroup 
  3. ## Description : Add Active Directory User to a Group 
  4. ## Author      : Idera 
  5. ## Date        : 9/22/2008 
  6. ## Input       : -server  
  7. ##               -domain 
  8. ##               -ou 
  9. ##               -group 
  10. ##               -user 
  11. ##               -verbose  
  12. ##               -debug    
  13. ## Output      :  
  14. ## Usage       : PS> . Add-ADUserToGroup -server localhost:389 -domain Idera -ou sales -group Management -user Joe Smith -v -d 
  15. ## Notes       : Adapted from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Lee Holmes 
  16. ## Tag         : PowerShell, AD 
  17. ## Change log  : 
  18. ## ===================================================================== 
  19.  
  20. param 
  21. ( 
  22.    [string]$server = "localhost:389", 
  23.    [string]$domain = "Idera", 
  24.    [string]$ou = "sales", 
  25.    [string]$group = "Outside Sales", 
  26.    [string]$user = "Joe Smith", 
  27.    [switch]$verbose, 
  28.    [switch]$debug 
  29. ) 
  30.  
  31. function main() 
  32. { 
  33.     if ($verbose) {$VerbosePreference = "Continue"} 
  34.     if ($debug) {$DebugPreference = "Continue"} 
  35.     Add-ADUserToGroup $server $domain $ou $group $user 
  36. } 
  37.  
  38. function Add-ADUserToGroup($server,$domain,$ou,$group,$user) 
  39. { 
  40.     trap [Exception]  
  41.     { 
  42.         write-error $("TRAPPED: " + $_.Exception.Message); 
  43.         continue; 
  44.     } 
  45.  
  46.     # The group must be pre-existing for the specified OU and domain 
  47.     $groupObj = [adsi]"LDAP://$server/cn=$group,ou=$ou,dc=$domain,dc=COM" 
  48.      
  49.     # The user must be pre-existing for the specified OU and domain 
  50.     $userObj = "LDAP://$server/cn=$user,ou=$ou,dc=$domain,dc=COM" 
  51.      
  52.       $groupObj.Add($userObj) 
  53. } 
  54.  
  55. main 
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