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Create-ADOU
  1. ## ===================================================================== 
  2. ## Title       : Create-OU 
  3. ## Description : Create an Active Directory Organizational Unit 
  4. ## Author      : Idera 
  5. ## Date        : 9/22/2008 
  6. ## Input       : -server  
  7. ##               -domain 
  8. ##               -OU 
  9. ##               -description 
  10. ##               -homepage 
  11. ##               -verbose  
  12. ##               -debug    
  13. ## Output      :  
  14. ## Usage       : PS> . Create-OU -server localhost:389 -domain Idera 
  15. ##                               -OU sales -description SalesHQ 
  16. ##                               -homepage http://mydomain.com/sales -v -d 
  17. ## Notes       : Adapted from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Lee Holmes 
  18. ## Tag         : PowerShell, AD 
  19. ## Change log  : 
  20. ## ===================================================================== 
  21.  
  22. param 
  23. ( 
  24.    [string]$server = "localhost:389", 
  25.    [string]$domain = "Idera", 
  26.    [string]$OU = "marketing", 
  27.    [string]$description = "MarketingHQ", 
  28.    [string]$homepage = "http://idera.com/marketing", 
  29.    [switch]$verbose, 
  30.    [switch]$debug 
  31. ) 
  32.  
  33. function main() 
  34. { 
  35.     if ($verbose) {$VerbosePreference = "Continue"} 
  36.     if ($debug) {$DebugPreference = "Continue"} 
  37.     Create-OU $server $domain $OU $description $homepage 
  38. } 
  39.  
  40. function Create-OU($server,$domain,$OU,$description,$homepage) 
  41. { 
  42.     trap [Exception]  
  43. { 
  44.         write-error $("TRAPPED: " + $_.Exception.Message); 
  45.         continue; 
  46.     } 
  47.  
  48.     # The domain must be pre-existing 
  49.     $domainObj = [adsi]"LDAP://$server/dc=$domain,dc=COM" 
  50.      
  51.     # Creates a domain with description and home page for properties 
  52.     $Org = $domainObj.Create("OrganizationalUnit", "OU=$OU") 
  53.    $Org.Put("Description", $description) 
  54.    $Org.Put("wwwHomePage", $homepage) 
  55.    $Org.SetInfo() 
  56. } 
  57.  
  58. main 
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