Exchange 2007 Bulk Mailbox Creation - Password?

I have been looking at the commands, and i've got one ready to import users
and create mailboxes in exchange 2007 from a csv file with the following
command:

Import-CSV import.csv | foreach {new-mailbox -alias $_.alias -name
$_.name -userPrincipalName $_.UPN -database $_.Database -org
script -Password $_.Password}



The only problem is I get an error because Password cannot be plain text, it
must be a secure string. How can I change this command so that it reads the
value from the CSV file and converts it to a secure string before passing it
to the account creation part?

Try

Import-CSV import.csv | foreach {$pswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.Password;
new-mailbox -alias $_.alias -name
$_.name -userPrincipalName $_.UPN -database $_.Database -org
script -Password $pswd}

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"John W" wrote:

Thanks. That didn't work, it was giving me an error but set me on the right
track! i had to add the -asplaintext -force on to the end of that
converttosecurestring command. For anyone else with this problem, here's
what my final command looks like:

import-csv import.csv | foreach {$pswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.Pass
word -asplaintext -force; new-mailbox -alias $_.alias -name
$_.name -userprincip
alname $_.upn -database $_.database -org script -Password $pswd -displayname
$_.
name -firstname $_.firstname -lastname $_.lastname -samaccountname
$_.samaccount
name}

This will import/create mailboxes from a csv file with those headings (ie:
$_.Password would be the heading of "Password" in the csv file)



"RichS" <RichS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I do have a question though. now that I have this command:


import-csv import.csv | foreach {$pswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.Pass
word -asplaintext -force; new-mailbox -alias $_.alias -name
$_.name -userprincip
alname $_.upn -database $_.database -org script -Password $pswd -displayname
$_.
name -firstname $_.firstname -lastname $_.lastname -samaccountname
$_.samaccount
name}



How is it that I can save it as a file and execute it without having to type
that thing in the command shell everytime? I thought i just save it as ps1
file but powershell tells me it's not a recognized cmdlet or something.

"John W" <whitesj@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e2x9dFUAIHA.5360@xxxxxx

save it as a .ps1 file and you run it by either giving the full path or if
you are in directory containing the script you run it as
..\myscript.ps1

where myscript.ps1 is the name you saved it under

PowerShell does NOT have the current folder on the path so it can't find the
script if you just use the name
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Richard Siddaway
Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk


"John W" wrote: