How to assign memberships to users in bulk by powershell?

Question

How to assign membership to users in bulk by powershell?
For example, I would like to assign a certain AD group to multiple users in bulk by using powershell.

Answer 1

Since I can do this from online connection only, below is the method I could share with people.

Install-Module AzureADPreview

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Connect-AzureAD

$wytGroupName=Get-AzureADGroup -SearchString "input group name here"
$List = Import-CSV ".\userlist.csv"
ForEach ($User in $List)
{

$WyaUser=Get-AzureADUser -SearchString $User.UserPrincipalName
Add-AzureADGroupMember -ObjectId $wytGroupName.ObjectId -RefObjectId $WyaUser.ObjectId

}

Disconnect-AzureAD

Answer 2

You can checkout this helpful article - https://www.alitajran.com/add-users-to-group-powershell/

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Answer 3

Hello ZhaoYinghua,

Thank you for your question and reaching out.

You can use below PowerShell script to add multiple users in to group.

create .csv file with user list and run this script.

Import active directory module for running AD cmdlets

Import-module ActiveDirectory

Store the data from UserList.csv in the $List variable

$List = Import-CSV .\UserList.csv

Loop through user in the CSV

ForEach ($User in $List)
{

Add the user to the TestGroup1 group in AD

Add-ADGroupMember -Identity TestGroup1 -Member $User.username
}

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