Unable to pass value to set-aduser command.

Mike 246

I have this code supplemented by an xml file.

the first line is successful. But Since I want to add a value after the account is created, It doesn't set the value from $domainConfiguration.Geolocation.

If I try to write-host $domainConfiguration.Geolocation is does output the string I have in the xml file. I am not really sure what is wrong with this.

New-ADUser -Server $Script:DC @PrimaryUserParam
Set-Aduser -Server $Script:DC $PrimaryUserParam.SamAccountName -Replace @{msExchUsageLocation = "$($DomainConfiguration.UsageLocation)"}

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Rich Matheisen 46,711 Reputation points

2023-11-15T21:02:08.1333333+00:00

Is "msExchUsageLocation" the LDAP name for the property? I think it's just usageLocation. Give that a try.
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Mike 246 Reputation points

2023-11-30T20:47:45.5833333+00:00

i found out the issue. It seems that, if the xml is preceded with something that has an empty value.

<somevalue></somevalue>

<usagelocation>SA</usagelocation>

so the fix is to swap them

<usagelocation>SA</usagelocation>

<somevalue></somevalue>

Rich Matheisen 46,711 Reputation points

2023-11-30T21:06:33.1166667+00:00

I don't think that's your problem. XML elements have names. They aren't positional unless you're using an index to access them.

I don't know what your XML looks like, though. Can you provide an example (and an example of the code you're using to extract the element values?

Here's an example that places the elements in a different order for each domain. Both values are returned as expected.

$x = [xml]@" <DomainConfiguration> <Domain Name="D1"> <somevalue></somevalue> <usagelocation>SA</usagelocation> </Domain> <Domain Name="D2"> <usagelocation>NA</usagelocation> <somevalue></somevalue> </Domain> </DomainConfiguration> "@ $x.DomainConfiguration | ForEach-Object{ $_.Domain.usagelocation }
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