Add User to Multiple Groups in Active Directory

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In this guide, you will learn how to add or remove users to multiple groups in Active Directory using the AD Pro Toolkit.

The AD Toolkit allows you to add or remove multiple users to multiple groups by using a CSV file.

Table of Contents

• Add User to Multiple Groups
• Remove user from Multiple Groups

Add User to Multiple Groups

In this example, I’ll add multiple users to multiple Active Directory groups.

Step 1. Open Modify Bulk Group Membership

Click on Group Tools and then Modify Bulk Group Membership.

Step 2. Download CSV Template

Click on “Download CSV Template”.

Step 3. Modify CSV File

Fill out the CSV with your user and group details.

The CSV contains two columns:

• sAMAccountName = This is the account or group that you want to update.
• memberof = This is the target group(s) that you want to add or remove from. Separate
  multiple groups with a comma.

CSV Example

In the below example, test.user1 will be added to group1 and group2. test.user2 will be added to group1, group2 and group 3.

Step 4. Run Modify Bulk Group Membership Tool