How to create AD users in bulk using templates

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Objective

Organizations often need to provision large numbers of user accounts during employee onboarding, campus admissions, mergers, departmental expansions, or contractor onboarding. ADManager Plus simplifies Active Directory bulk user creation by allowing administrators to create multiple user accounts at once using customizable templates, ensuring consistency and reducing administrative effort.

Prerequisites

  • You must be logged in as an ADManager Plus administrator or a help desk technician with permissions to create user accounts.
  • If using CSV import, prepare a CSV file containing the required user account details.

Creating a new user creation template

If the default template does not meet your requirements, you can create a custom user creation template to standardize user provisioning and automate attribute population.

Steps to create a user creation template

  1. Navigate to Management > User Management > User Templates > User Creation Templates. Alternatively, click Create New Template from any user creation window.
  2. Enter a Template Name and Description, then select the domain in which the template should be created.
  3. Configure the template layout by clicking Enable Drag-and-Drop:
    • Reorder tabs and fields based on your organization's requirements.
    • Create custom tabs using the + icon.
    • Hide unnecessary tabs and fields from the user creation form.
    • Remove fields that should not be displayed during user provisioning.
  4. Customize individual fields using the available field actions:
    • Edit field properties and default values.
    • Make Silently Active to automatically populate a field without displaying it in the user creation form.
    • Delete fields that are not required.
  5. Use the Copy User Attributes section to automatically inherit selected attribute values from an existing user account during provisioning.
  6. If required, configure Creation Rules to automatically populate field values based on predefined conditions. For detailed information on Creation Rules, click here.
  7. Click Save Template to create the template.

Steps to create AD users in bulk using templates

  1. Navigate to Management > User Management > User Creation > Create Bulk Users. Alternatively, you can access the same operation through Management > User Management > CSV Import > Create Users.
  2. Select the required Domain.
  3. Select the required user creation template from the Template dropdown to apply the predefined user attributes and settings during bulk provisioning.
  4. Add user details using one of the following methods:
    • Manual Entry: Click Add Users, enter the required user details, and click OK. Repeat this step to add additional users, then click Next.
    • CSV Import: Click Import, upload a CSV file containing the user details, and click Next.
  5. Select the destination OU where the user accounts should be created. To create a new OU, click Create New OU.
  6. Click Create Users to provision the user accounts using the selected template.

Tips

  • Use templates to standardize user attributes across departments, locations, or business units.
  • Use CSV import for large-scale user provisioning projects to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
  • Test new templates with a small set of users before using them for organization-wide provisioning.