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Wiki  >  TechNet Articles  >  How to Use Powershell to Create Manager-Based Distribution Lists from a CSV File (FIM 2010)

How to Use Powershell to Create Manager-Based Distribution Lists from a CSV File (FIM 2010)

How to Use Powershell to Create Manager-Based Distribution Lists from a CSV File (FIM 2010)

FIM ScriptBox Item

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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  • 18 Jun 2013 3:43 PM

    Peter Geelen - MSFT edited Revision 6. Comment: Fixed color scheme (rgb to color name)

  • 18 Jun 2013 3:18 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 5. Comment: Replaced RGB values with color names in HTML to restore colors

  • 18 Jun 2013 3:07 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 4. Comment: Removed (en-US) from title

  • 19 Feb 2012 3:32 AM

    Craig Lussier edited Revision 3. Comment: added en-US to tags and title

  • 13 Jan 2011 3:43 PM

    Ed Price MSFT edited Revision 1. Comment: Updated title to standards (start with How to and shouldn't use gerunds).

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  • Posted by
    on 13 Jan 2011 3:43 PM

    Ed Price MSFT edited Revision 1. Comment: Updated title to standards (start with How to and shouldn't use gerunds).

  • Posted by
    on 19 Feb 2012 3:32 AM

    Craig Lussier edited Revision 3. Comment: added en-US to tags and title

  • Posted by
    on 18 Jun 2013 3:07 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 4. Comment: Removed (en-US) from title

  • Posted by
    on 18 Jun 2013 3:18 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 5. Comment: Replaced RGB values with color names in HTML to restore colors

  • Posted by
    on 18 Jun 2013 3:43 PM

    Peter Geelen - MSFT edited Revision 6. Comment: Fixed color scheme (rgb to color name)

  • Posted by
    on 27 Jun 2013 5:31 PM

    Code is cropped out.

  • Posted by
    on 27 Jun 2013 5:31 PM

    Code is cropped out.

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