how to populate custom attributes

We need to add some information such as employment #, office stop # in AD for
all users and plan to use those pre-defined custom attributes (1-15). HR
will provide the information. How can I import them properly? I guess I
have to associate user CN to each attributes then use LDAP (script or ldap
import)? Can I also use this process to update other attributes such as
office address?

BTW. Is it possible to make some costome attributes visible as a new tab
under user account properties? Also can make them visible in Exchange global
address under user properties?

Thansk.

Chris,
Its not a direct answer to your question, but EmpowerID
http://www.thedotnetfactory.com/ makes it easy to extend the AD directory in
the way you are describing
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.com


"Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We need to add some information such as employment #, office stop # in AD
> for
> all users and plan to use those pre-defined custom attributes (1-15). HR
> will provide the information. How can I import them properly? I guess I
> have to associate user CN to each attributes then use LDAP (script or ldap
> import)? Can I also use this process to update other attributes such as
> office address?
>
> BTW. Is it possible to make some costome attributes visible as a new tab
> under user account properties? Also can make them visible in Exchange
> global
> address under user properties?
>
> Thansk.

Chris,

Chris schrieb:
> We need to add some information such as employment #, office stop # in AD for
> all users and plan to use those pre-defined custom attributes (1-15). HR
> will provide the information. How can I import them properly? I guess I
> have to associate user CN to each attributes then use LDAP (script or ldap
> import)? Can I also use this process to update other attributes such as
> office address?

There are a ton of ways doing this in AD. LDIFDE, VBScript, PowerShell,
..NET, ... how's that information stored? Is there a CSV list or Excel
list you can use?

> BTW. Is it possible to make some costome attributes visible as a new tab
> under user account properties? Also can make them visible in Exchange global
> address under user properties?

That's a difficult thing to do, really. I've seen some people try that -
you'll find info on that on MSDN and TechNet. Most of the time, people
found it'd be cheaper and less resource intense to code a custom
application that would allow to alter these information rather than
hooking the default MSC; but that might depend on how skilled your dev
folks are.

Cheers,
Florian
--
Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
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I found this tool, Bulk AD Users at http://www.wisesoft.co.uk/. Very good
and free. I tested the export function. Will test import with update using
csv.

"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Chris schrieb:
> > We need to add some information such as employment #, office stop # in AD for
> > all users and plan to use those pre-defined custom attributes (1-15). HR
> > will provide the information. How can I import them properly? I guess I
> > have to associate user CN to each attributes then use LDAP (script or ldap
> > import)? Can I also use this process to update other attributes such as
> > office address?
>
> There are a ton of ways doing this in AD. LDIFDE, VBScript, PowerShell,
> ..NET, ... how's that information stored? Is there a CSV list or Excel
> list you can use?
>
> > BTW. Is it possible to make some costome attributes visible as a new tab
> > under user account properties? Also can make them visible in Exchange global
> > address under user properties?
>
> That's a difficult thing to do, really. I've seen some people try that -
> you'll find info on that on MSDN and TechNet. Most of the time, people
> found it'd be cheaper and less resource intense to code a custom
> application that would allow to alter these information rather than
> hooking the default MSC; but that might depend on how skilled your dev
> folks are.
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
> --
> Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
> Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
>