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I received a request on twitter late last night and it was an interesting one. The person in question wanted to use my current edgesight module to import users from active directory into the static Citrix Edgesight groups, but instead of group membership in Active Directory, they wanted to use Active Directory Organisational Units.

All the information on how to use the module is included in the previous post, so I wont re-invent the wheel. Have a read of the previous post for any caveats or pre-emptive misunderstandings.

Below are two code snippets to use OU membership with either the Quest or Microsoft cmdlets for active directory, just modify the OU Path below, I’ve tried to include a long example to ensure there’s no confusion.

 Quest Active directory Snap-in:

#Quest Active directory module
import-module "C:\citrix.edgesight.cmdlets.psm1"
add-pssnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement
$ADOU='domain.domain.com/Country/Users/advanced/Helpdesk'
$esgroupid=20

#clear the group before import
clear-esgroupmembers -groupid $esgroupid

#get users from group, then import them into edgesight
foreach ($user in get-QADUser -SearchRoot $ADOU -SizeLimit 0){
    $prid = get-ESUserPrid $user.logonname
    if ($prid -NE $null){
    Add-ESGroupMember -groupid $ESgroupid -prid $prid
    }
}#end For

Microsoft Active directory module:

#Microsoft active directory module
import-module "C:\citrix.edgesight.cmdlets.psm1"
import-module activedirectory
$ADOU="OU=helpdesk,OU=advanced,OU=Users,OU=Country,DC=domain,DC=domain,DC=com"
$esgroupid=20

#clear the group before import
clear-esgroupmembers -groupid $esgroupid

#get users from group, then import them into edgesight
foreach ($user in get-ADUser -filter * -searchbase $ADOU){
    $prid = get-ESUserPrid $user.samaccountname
    if ($prid -NE $null){
        Add-ESGroupMember -groupid $ESgroupid -prid $prid
    }
}#end For