Move AD user by Powershell

Question

I have often move AD users from one OU to another OU.
I am trying to do that by powershell.
In doing that I have to inherit/replace the Meberof list and change the HomeDrive & ScriptPath.
Could you please give me some suggestions or a script to work on?
Thanks

Answer 1

I don't know, and you don't say, what to do if there's not a populated HomeFolder property. My best guess would be something like this:

$DefaultHomeFolderLocation = '\\disk1\homefolder'  
  
$u = Get-ADUser -Id useracct -properties HomeDirectory  
if ($u.HomeDirectory){  
    $newHomeFolderPath = "$(Split-Path $u.HomeDirectory -Parent)" + "\$userName"  
}  
else{  
    $newHomeFolderPath = $DefaultHomeFolderLocation + "\$userName"  
}  

Answer 2

Thanks @Rich Matheisen this worked very well ;)

What about to change HomeDirectory & HomeDrive

I have an HomeDirectory path like this... "\disk1\homefolder\user1"

I have to check if the users in the destination OU have the HomeDirectory & HomeDrive and if yes replace the path.

For example:

"\disk1\homefolder\user1"

I have to get the first part and change use1 with the moved user name "user2"

"\disk1\homefolder\user2"

Answer 3

Hi @Marc ,

you can try this:

$userName = "mmouse"  
$oldHomeFolderPath = "\\disk1\homefolder\user1"  
$newHomeFolderPath = "$(Split-Path $oldHomeFolderPath -Parent)" + "\$userName"  
$newHomeFolderPath   

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 4

Hi @Andreas Baumgarten

thank you it worked perfectly fine if in the destination user is present a path. In the case in the user property is not present a path then give error.

The script needs an if to check if the destination OU users have the Home directory or not.

I have used "-like" "-match" "-contains" but it didn't work

What should I use to check if it is present a path?