Generate a random password:

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  Refer to these:

  Creating User Accounts

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee198803.aspx

  Create User Accounts from Information in an Excel Spreadsheet

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974568.aspx

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 7:30 AM
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  Hi

  you do not understand me, I want automatically generated password for new account
  

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 7:39 AM
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  How are you creating the user accounts in AD ? Using any spreadtsheet or any third party tool ?

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 8:13 AM
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  Hi

  I creating the user account from  Exchange Management Shell or Active Directory

  1. From  Exchange Management Shell

  C:\Windows\System32>Import-CSV c:\a.csv | foreach {new-mailbox -alias $_.alias -name $_.name -userPrincipalName $_.email-database "First Storage Group\test" -org $_.OU -Password $Password -ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $False}.

  file a.csv
  Name, Alias, Email, OU

  The account will be the same OU. I want generated password for all the account in OU
  

  2. From Active Directory

  I want generated password for all the account in OU

  
  

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 8:33 AM
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  Refer to this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.windowspowershell.aspx

  This function can help you creating users with the predefined passwords, but not sure if it can allow you assigning random passwords:

  Function CreateUser {
    Param($userinfo)
  
  New-Mailbox –UserPrincipalName $userinfo['upn']
    -alias $userinfo['samAccountName']
    –database $userinfo['mailboxDatabase']
    –name ($userinfo['givenName'] + ' ' + $userinfo['sn'])
    –organizationalUnit $userinfo['ou']
    –password 'P@ssw0rd!' –FirstName ($userinfo['givenName']
    –LastName $userinfo['sn'])
    –DisplayName ($userinfo['givenName'] + ' ' + $userinfo['sn'])
    –ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $true
  }

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 8:44 AM
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  This function can not randow password
  

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 9:13 AM
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  Hi,

  You can use the following script to generate a random password:

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  ####Set up random number generator###

  $random=new-object System.Random

  ####Generate a new 8 character password, the range is ASCII characters from 33 to 127###

  1..8|foreach {$Password=$Password+[char]$random.next(33,127)}

  add-content c:\record.log $password

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  • Marked as answer by Gen Lin Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:05 AM

  Wednesday, August 4, 2010 8:16 AM
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  Here is a couple of websites that will show you how to use random passwords in your createUser function.

  http://grinding-it-out.blogspot.com/2008/10/generating-passwords-with-powershell.html

  http://nex6.blogspot.com/2009/02/really-random-password-generator.html

   

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  • Proposed as answer by Scott H. Robinson Thursday, August 5, 2010 2:45 AM

  Thursday, August 5, 2010 2:45 AM