New-QADUser CmdLet not adding UserPrincipalName when called in PowerShell

I am trying to import users into AD using a CSV file, PowerShell, and Quest's AD CmdLets. When the users are added the UserPrincipleName is not added.

Here is a sample CSV:

---

FirstName,LastName,DisplayName,SamAccount,UserPrincipleName,Email

FirstA,LastA,"First Last",FLastAL.ou1,FLastAL.ou1@clients.domain.local,FLastA@outemail.com First2A,Last2A,"First2 Last",FLast2AL.ou1,FLast2AL.ou1@clients.domain.local,FLast2A@outemail.com

---

Here is the PowerShell snippit:

$Users = Import-Csv $UserFile
foreach ($User in $Users)
{
    New-QADUser -FirstName $User.FirstName -LastName $User.LastName -DisplayName $User.DisplayName -SamAccountName $User.SamAccount -Name $User.SamAccount -UserPrincipalName $User.UserPrincipalName -ParentContainer "OU=$OUName,OU=Customers,DC=clients,DC=domain,DC=local"
}

From serverfault Matt Spradley

• You don't need to set the UPN, it's automatically generated for you: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680857(VS.85).aspx

  Even if you did manage to set it (and we did once) you're creating a situation where the UPN does not follow convention, so you run the risk of something breaking somewhere down the line (normally an application that assumes it always follows convention).

  Matt Spradley : Hey mh. Thanks for the feedback. I initially tried not setting it an it did not get created automatically. I assumed that was an artifact of the way the New-QADUser CmdLet added the user. That is why I tried setting it but that isn't working either.

  mh : Been a while since I checked but if memory serves the UPN is created when the user logs on or something similar.
  From mh

• I don't know why the New-QADUser cmdlet won't let you assign the UPN directly. This should work just fine. Although it will be a little bit slower if you are processing a very large number of accounts

  $Users = Import-Csv $uf
  $OUName = "some specified OU"
  foreach ($User in $Users)
  {
      $u = New-QADUser -FirstName $User.FirstName -LastName $User.LastName -DisplayName $User.DisplayName -SamAccountName $User.SamAccount -Name $User.SamAccount -UserPrincipalName -ParentContainer "OU=$OUName,OU=Customers,DC=clients,DC=domain,DC=local"
      $u.UserPrincipalName = $user.UserPrincipalName
  }
  

  From Ryan Fisher

• I checked with the latest QAD release (v1.2) and it works just fine.

  From Shay Levy

• I think the problem was the fact that we are using Exchange 2007 which does not use RUS. When I used the Exchange 2007 CmdLets to do the same thing everything is working correctly.

  From Matt Spradley