Run Command from Powershell file

Question

I am getting below Error. while running command by copying from Powershell file, this file i have opened in notepad, than I am running this command by copying and than pasting in Powershell prompt.

Please let me know, if i am making some error by copying this file in powershell prompt windows. Below is the Powershell file screenshot.

Regards, Param

$Users = Import-Csv -Path "C:\Userlist-sn.csv"            
foreach ($User in $Users)            
{            
    $Displayname = $User.Firstname + " " + $User.Lastname            
    $UserFirstname = $User.Firstname            
    $UserLastname = $User.Lastname            
    $OU = "$User.OU"            
    $SAM = $User.SAM            
    $UPN = $User.Firstname + "." + $User.Lastname + "@" + $User.Maildomain            
    $Description = $User.Description            
    $Password = $User.Password            
    New-ADUser -Name "$Displayname" -DisplayName "$Displayname" -SamAccountName $SAM -UserPrincipalName $UPN -GivenName "$UserFirstname" -Surname "$UserLastname" -Description "$Description" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true -Path "$OU" -ChangePasswordAtLogon $true –PasswordNeverExpires $false -server "corp.abc.com"            
}

Answer 1

You need some debug output. Can I also suggest that you replace your string building code with "-f" formatting, a'la sprintf() in other languages. It makes things easier to read/debug/modify, e.g.:

$Displayname = $User.Firstname + " " + $User.Lastname 

...becomes:

$DisplayName = ( "{0} {1}" -f $User.Firstname, $User.Lastname );

It looks like your error is with the "name" attribute. I believe this maps onto the "CN" attribute in AD, but I could be wrong. Adding some debug like the following would help:

Write-Host -Object ( "Attempting to create user with name ""{0}"" and display name ""{0}""" -f $DisplayName );

And finally, you can lose the quotes in the actual New-ADUser call. The reason being that you are passing variables, as opposed to asking PowerShell to interpret your code.

If you can post some debug output, that would be very useful...