Powershell: Create Security Groups

Last week I had to create 100+ security groups for a migration. As lazy as I am I chose Powershell for this job. I will show you what I did.

• First create a .csv file. This file will contain al groupnames you are going to create
• Now start your favorite Powershell editor. I'm using PowerGUI
• Now let's start coding:
  
  # Open CSV with group names
  $printers = Import-Csv "printers.csv"
  #Path with the OU where the groups will be placed
  $printerpath = "OU=Groups,OU=Netherlands,DC=TESTLAB,DC=COM"
  
  # Create Global Security Groups
  foreach($entry in $printers) {
      $printer = $entry.printers
      New-ADGroup -Name "$printer" -GroupCategory Security -GroupScope Global -DisplayName "$printer" -Path $printerpath
  }