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Add User to a Group
Add User(s) to a group.
Make sure to configure the script's security context to run on a computer that has the ActiveDirectory Powershell module installed.
See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45520 under Install Instructions.
Make sure to configure the script's security context to run on a computer that has the ActiveDirectory Powershell module installed.
See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45520 under Install Instructions.
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Adds the selected user(s) to an Active Directory group or groups
.PARAMETER UserName
The name of the user to be added to the group - automatically supplied by CU
.PARAMETER GroupName
The name of the group being modified - manually typed in
#>
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
If ( (Get-Module -Name ActiveDirectory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{
Try {
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
} Catch {
# capture any failure and display it in the error section, then end the script with a return
# code of 1 so that CU sees that it was not successful.
Write-Error "Not able to load the Module" -ErrorAction Continue
Write-Error $Error[1] -ErrorAction Continue
Exit 1
}
}
# Because this is the main function of the script it is put into a try/catch frame so that any errors will be
# handled in a ControlUp-friendly way.
Try {
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $args[1] -Members $args[0].split("\")[1]
} Catch {
# capture any failure and display it in the error section, then end the script with a return
# code of 1 so that CU sees that it was not successful.
Write-Error $Error[0] -ErrorAction Continue
Exit 1
}
Write-Host "The operation completed successfully."