ADGroupManager

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Check out the GitHub link below for full documentation and source code. Or the full blog post for more detail on how this project came about.

Overview

This project is a PowerShell module automates adding long lists of users to specific AD groups, replacing a slow and painful manual process. In addition its main purpose of adding users to groups, you can also verify if users are a part of a group and remove them from a group if needed.

Example adding 5 users:

PS C:\Users\mackinjz> AddToGroup -list -group "WLAN Users"
Successfully added User1 (user) to the WLAN Users group.
Successfully added User2 (user) to the WLAN Users group.
Successfully added User3 (user) to the WLAN Users group.
Successfully added User4 (user) to the WLAN Users group.
Successfully added User5 (user) to the WLAN Users group.

Why I made this

Our previous process managing AD group memberships was time-consuming, click intensive, and exhausting for a long list of users. See the next section to see the stats on how much time is saved. This module serves as a great example of how putting in some up front work to automate a task can return long term dividends.

"Thanks to Jake and his wonderful AD scripting tool what would’ve taken a decent amount of time took less than a minute. 189 accounts added just like that." -- One happy co-worker

Time saving impact

Manually: It takes ~81s for the first user and ~21s per additional user

Scripted: Processes ~5 users/sec

Real Example: 189 users would've taken ~64m manually vs. ~40s scripted

Summary: Running the script is ~96% faster than doing this manually, resulting in ~98% less time adding users to groups

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