Hello!
I have a list (*.csv) of names of local user accounts (~500) to create on a new Windows Server 2008 based server:

Example 1:

User001,
User002,
User003,
...

How can I generate random passwords (preferable using [System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(10,2)) and append them to a file:

Example 2:

User001,Password001
User002,Password002
User003,Password003
...

Thanks in advance!

I don't have access to [System.Web.Security.Membership] so I assume it generates the passwords you need.
Anyway, you can import a single coulmn csv file and generate the passwords on the fly:

## users.csv ##
UserName
User001
User002
User003


Now, import the file, generate new password and pass the values to New-QADUser :

import-csv users.csv | foreach {
$password = [System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(10,2)
New-QADUser -name $_.UserName -ParentContainer 'OU=companyOU,DC=company,DC=com' -samAccountName $_.UserName -UserPassword $password

}

Thanks for help!



[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(”System.Web”)
[System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(10,2)

Thanks :-)