How to Use Powershell to Create Manager-Based Distribution Lists from a CSV File (FIM 2010)
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Summary
Create Manager-based Distribution Lists from a CSV file.
The CSV file must include a header row, such as in the following example:
DisplayName,MailNickname,Description,Manager
DL-Hongs Team,HHanTeam,Hong Han's team,hhan
Script Code
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PARAM($CSVFile, $Domain, $Scope = "Universal", $Type = "Distribution", $Owner = "Administrator") #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- set-variable -name URI -value "http://fim:5725/resourcemanagementservice" set-variable -name MEMBERSHIPLOCKED -value $true set-variable -name PREFILTER -value "<Filter xmlns:xsi=`"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance`" xmlns:xsd=`"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema`" Dialect=`"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2006/11/XPathFilterDialect`" xmlns=`"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/enumeration`">" set-variable -name POSTFILTER -value "</Filter>" #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function SetAttribute { PARAM($object, $attributeName, $attributeValue) END { write-host $attributeName $attributeValue $importChange = New-Object Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Automation.ObjectModel.ImportChange $importChange.Operation = 1 $importChange.AttributeName = $attributeName $importChange.AttributeValue = $attributeValue $importChange.FullyResolved = 1 $importChange.Locale = "Invariant" if ($object.Changes -eq $null) {$object.Changes = (,$importChange)} else {$object.Changes += $importChange} } } #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function CreateObject { PARAM($objectType) END { $newObject = New-Object Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Automation.ObjectModel.ImportObject $newObject.ObjectType = $objectType $newObject.SourceObjectIdentifier = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString() $newObject } } #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if(@(get-pssnapin | where-object {$_.Name -eq "FIMAutomation"} ).count -eq 0) {add-pssnapin FIMAutomation} # Get Owner $ownerObject = export-fimconfig -uri $URI ` –onlyBaseResources ` -customconfig "/Person[AccountName='$OWNER']" if($ownerObject -eq $null) {throw "Owner not found!"} $ownerID = $ownerObject.ResourceManagementObject.ObjectIdentifier -replace "urn:uuid:","" # Read CSV file and process each line import-csv($CSV) | foreach { # Check if a group with the same name already exists $objectName = $_.DisplayName $exportObject = export-fimconfig -uri $URI ` –onlyBaseResources ` -customconfig "/Group[DisplayName='$objectName']" if($exportObject) {write-host "`nGroup $objectName already exists"} else { # Get Manager $manager = $_.Manager $managerObject = export-fimconfig -uri $URI ` –onlyBaseResources ` -customconfig "/Person[AccountName='$manager']" if($managerObject -eq $null) {write-host "`nManager $manager not found"} $managerID = $managerObject.ResourceManagementObject.ObjectIdentifier -replace "urn:uuid:","" # Construct group Criteria Filter $filter = $PREFILTER + "/Person[(Manager = '" + $managerID + "') or " ` + "(ObjectID ='" + $managerID + "')]" + $POSTFILTER # Create group object and set attributes $newGroup = CreateObject -objectType "Group" SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "DisplayName" -attributeValue $objectName SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "MailNickname" -attributeValue $_.MailNickname SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "Domain" -attributeValue $DOMAIN SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "Scope" -attributeValue $SCOPE SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "Type" -attributeValue $TYPE SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "Filter" -attributeValue $filter SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "Description" -attributeValue $_.Description SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "Owner" -attributeValue $ownerID SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "DisplayedOwner" -attributeValue $ownerID SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "MembershipLocked" -attributeValue $MEMBERSHIPLOCKED SetAttribute -object $newGroup -attributeName "MembershipAddWorkflow" -attributeValue "None" # Import group object into FIM $newGroup | Import-FIMConfig -uri $URI write-host "`nGroup creation request complete`n" } } |
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