Powershell Script to Replicate OU Structure from Source OU to Target OU.
Purpose of the Script: i wrote the script to replicate the OU & Sub OU Structure from one OU to Another OU, the below script will take a backup of Source and Target OU before and after replication to CSV file.
Note: test it in test OU's before running in Prod OUs, it worked like charming.
Post comments for improvements.
Script:
import-module activedirectory
####Current OU Structure in Source & target for reference#####
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase "<OU Path; ex: OU=TestOU1,DC=XX,DC=XXXXX,DC=com>" -Properties canonicalname | select DistinguishedName | export-csv ./BeforeSourceOUReplication.csv
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase "<OU Path; ex: OU=TestOU2,DC=XX,DC=XXXXX,DC=com>" -Properties canonicalname | select DistinguishedName | export-csv ./BeforeTargetOUReplication.csv
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$sourceOU = "<OU Path; ex: OU=TestOU1,DC=XX,DC=XXXXX,DC=com>"
$destinationOU = "<OU Path; ex: OU=TestOU2,DC=XX,DC=XXXXX,DC=com>"
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#--------Main
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$adPath= "LDAP://" + $destinationOU
#Create OUs
$objDomain=New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry($adPath)
$ObjSearch=New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($ObjDomain)
[array] $OUs = @()
$OUs = dsquery * $sourceOU -Filter "(objectCategory=organizationalUnit)" -limit 0
$OUsorted = $OUs | sort-object { $_.Length}
for ($k=0; $k -le $OUsorted.Count -1; $k++)
{
$OUtoCreate = ($OUsorted[$k] -replace $sourceOU,$destinationOU).ToString()
$OUSearch = ($OUtoCreate -replace '"',"").ToString()
$ObjSearch.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=organizationalUnit)(distinguishedName="+ $OUSearch + "))"
$allSearchResult = $ObjSearch.FindAll()
if ($allSearchResult.Count -eq 1)
{
"No changes were done on = " + $OUtoCreate
}
else
{
dsadd ou $OUtoCreate
"OU Creation = " + $OUtoCreate
}
}
####OU Structure after replication in Source & target for validation####
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase "<OU Path; ex: OU=TestOU1,DC=XX,DC=XXXXX,DC=com>" -Properties canonicalname | select DistinguishedName | export-csv ./AfterSourceOUReplication.csv
Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase "<OU Path; ex: OU=TestOU2,DC=XX,DC=XXXXX,DC=com>" -Properties canonicalname | select DistinguishedName | export-csv ./AfterTargetOUReplication.csv
