Below example code which you can use to add users from a local CSV file (with their UPN) to a active directory group.
# Start transcript Start-Transcript -Path C:\Temp\Add-ADUsers.log -Append # Import AD Module Import-Module ActiveDirectory # Import the data from CSV file and assign it to variable $Users = Import-Csv "C:\Temp\Users.csv" # Specify target group name (pre-Windows 2000) where the users will be added to # You can add the distinguishedName of the group. For example: CN=Pilot,OU=Groups,OU=Company,DC=exoip,DC=local $Group = "Pilot" foreach ($User in $Users) { # Retrieve UPN $UPN = $User.UserPrincipalName # Retrieve UPN related SamAccountName $ADUser = Get-ADUser -Filter "UserPrincipalName -eq '$UPN'" | Select-Object SamAccountName # User from CSV not in AD if ($ADUser -eq $null) { Write-Host "$UPN does not exist in AD" -ForegroundColor Red } else { # Retrieve AD user group membership $ExistingGroups = Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $ADUser.SamAccountName | Select-Object Name # User already member of group if ($ExistingGroups.Name -eq $Group) { Write-Host "$UPN already exists in $Group" -ForeGroundColor Yellow } else { # Add user to group Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $Group -Members $ADUser.SamAccountName Write-Host "Added $UPN to $Group" -ForeGroundColor Green } } } Stop-Transcript