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QUESTION POSED ON: 09 December 2004
What is the best way to update a user's mailbox properties if I need to do 300 of them? I currently have a spreadsheet with their new information, such as their positions, offices and telephone numbers.

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Your options are to write a script or to use a tool such as LDIFDE. LDIFDE is the most common way to do what you're trying to do:

1. Export your directory using LDIFDE.

2. Then reformat the export into a spreadsheet-compatible format (such as comma-delimited or tab-delimited).

3. Import into Excel and make your changes.

4. Export from Excel to delimited and reformat back into LDIFDE-ready input.

5. Finally, import back into your Active Directory.

Hint: There are a few readily available utilities available to convert between spreadsheet-compatible and LDIFDE-compatible formats.


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