Hello,

In my normal AD machine, I can create Contact using ADUC in any OU.

By using Quest AD module, I can create Contact using following cmdlet or script -

Import-Csv $Path | foreach{New-QADObject -ParentContainer "OU=Contacts,DC=first,DC=domain,DC=com" -type "Contact" -name $_.DisplayName -ObjectAttributes @{displayName=$_.DisplayName;mailNickname=$_.Alias;mail=$_.ExternalEmailAddress;proxyAddresses=$_.ExternalEmailAddress}}

But I need to create CONTACT using Inbuilt Windows PowerShell "Import-Module ActiveDirectory" - and that too without using any Quest AD module.

Please help me with cmdlet or script through which I can create contact directly (manually entering details in PowerShell) or from CSV.

Thanks,

Divyaprakash Koli

• Edited by Divyaprakash Monday, September 23, 2013 2:51 PM Grammar

New-ADObject

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617260.aspx

See Example #3

Hi,

Contact is created by New-Object cmldlet in PowerShell like this :

new-adobject -Type contact -Name "contactName" -DisplayName "DisplayName "  -Description " Des "  

For more info :

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617260.as

Hello Tarique,

Thanks for your cmdlet.

I tried it and contact is being created under main domain.com, but I want to give path or ParentContainer as I used to give under Quest Module, for e.g. If I want to create Contact in OU=Demo.

Please guide.

Thanks,

Divyaprakash Koli

Hello Tarique,

Additionally, I don't wish to include "DC=domain,DC=com" as I am directly running script on same server.

If not then I can put "domain.com" directly.

Is there any provision for this requirement?

Thanks,

Divyaprakash Koli

Hello Tarique,

Thanks for your cmdlet.

I tried it and contact is being created under main domain.com, but I want to give path or ParentContainer as I used to give under Quest Module, for e.g. If I want to create Contact in OU=Demo.

Please guide.

Thanks,

Divyaprakash Koli

Hi ,

You can include  -path parameter  , which specify where you want to create / store your AD contact .

for example  :

New-ADObject -Type contact -name Tarique -Path "ou=OuName,dc=domain,dc=com"

Hello Tarique,

Additionally, I don't wish to include "DC=domain,DC=com" as I am directly running script on same server.

If not then I can put "domain.com" directly.

Is there any provision for this requirement?

Thanks,

Divyaprakash Koli

No , you can't use  "domain.com" directly . You have to use the complete path  as Distinguished Name format .

one thing you can do , store  the path in a Variable like this :

$path="ou=Myou,dc=domain,dc=com" 

then  use like this :

New-ADObject -Type contact -name Tarique -Path $path

Hello Tarique,

Thanks for you time and efforts.

Finally, the below one is working for me -

Import-Csv $Path | foreach{New-ADObject -Type Contact -Name $_.DisplayName -OtherAttributes @{'displayName'=$_.DisplayName;'mail'=$_.ExternalEmailAddress;'proxyAddresses'=$_.ExternalEmailAddress;'givenName'=$_.FirstName;'sn'=$_.LastName;'physicalDeliveryOfficeName'=$_.OfficeLocation;'telephoneNumber'=$_.TelephoneNumber;'mobile'=$_.MobileNumber;'facsimileTelephoneNumber'=$_.FaxNumber;'streetAddress'=$_.StreetAddress;'postOfficeBox'=$_.'P.O.Box';'l'=$_.City;'st'=$_.StateorProvince;'postalCode'=$_.PostalCode;'c'='AU';'Title'=$_.JobTitle;'department'=$_.Department;'company'=$_.Company} -Path "OU=$ou1,OU=$ou2,DC=$dc1,DC=$dc2,DC=$dc3"}

Thanks,

Divyaprakash Koli

• Marked as answer by Divyaprakash Monday, September 23, 2013 10:27 PM

I am glad to help you.

Hello,

Is it possible to create this contact without creating a @domain email address? I only want an external address for my contacts. At this point I have to remove the @domain email address after the contact is created. Thank you

Yes, if using the ActiveDirectory module to create a contact,  a 'mail' attribute is not mandatory.  The only attribute you must specify a value for is 'name'.

New-ADObject -Type contact -Name "Test Contact"

If using the Exchange module to create contacts, I believe email addresses are required, IIRC.

Here is my little addition to all of these great examples:

Import-Csv $path | ForEach {New-MailContact -Name $_.FirstName -Alias $_.Alias -ExternalEmailAddress $_.ExternalAddress -OrganizationalUnit "OU=xxxxxxxxxxx,OU=xxxxxxxxx,DC=xx,DC=xx,DC=xx" | Set-MailContact -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true}

In the case of my company, we, for security meassures, hide every external contact, so there you have how to, after creating them all.

Cheers!