Active Directory Lab Generator

This script will help you build out AGDLP managed groups and users in a freshly deployed Active Directory. Quick way to get users populated, assigned to groups and even have their images added to the thumbnailPhoto attribute!

Author

Brian Baldock - brian.baldock@microsoft.com

Requirements:

• Active Directory PowerShell Module
• You can run this from a domain joined workstation with the AD Powershell module installed or the domain controller itself

PARAMETERS

• CompanyName

  • Mandatory Parameter
  • (What do you wanbt the root level of the OU structure for the domain going to look like?)
    • Example:
      • ABC Company
        • Users
        • Groups
        • Computers

• CompanyDomain

  • Mandatory Parameter
  • (This is the publicly routable domain name that you will be using for email addresses for your users and distribution groups.)

• ExportCSV

  • Optional Parameter
  • (Create AD Users and Groups and export the user password list to a CSV file, otherwise will print passwords to console.)

• SharePath

  • Optional Parameter
  • (Provide a path to create the shared folder architecture and ACLs based on users and groups.)

EXAMPLES

• Create AD Users and Groups and display the passwords generated for each user in the console

  • .\New-LabConfiguration.ps1 -CompanyName "Contoso Inc" -CompanyDomain "contoso.com"

• Create AD Users and Groups and export the password list to a CSV file

  • .\New-LabConfiguration.ps1 -CompanyName "Contoso Inc" -CompanyDomain "contoso.com" -ExportCSV

• Create personal and common shared folder structure and ACLs at specific path and export passwords as CSV

  • .\New-LabConfiguration.ps1 -CompanyName "Contoso Inc" -CompanyDomain "contoso.com" -SharePath "C:\Shares" -ExportCSV