Hi all:
I have to import a lot of old data into SharePoint. In this data, I need to create a lot of users who are no longer in AD. Does anyone have any idea how to do that?
Cheers
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I don't think this is possible as you are really trying to create orphaned users. Better just revert these users to the System Account - that is what I did when I last migrated a SharePoint 2003 farm to MOSS 2007.
Lars Fastrup
2009-07-01 10:42:59
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You can use CSVDE to import a comma separated file, or dsadd command to add each user. See this link for details.
Shiraz Bhaiji
2009-07-01 17:00:15
the problem is all these users have already left the organization. So add them back to ad is not a good option. but for historical reason, these name do need to appear in the sharepoint.
Victor
2009-07-01 22:55:55
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The options I can come up with:
- Recreate the users in Active Directory and disable the accounts
- Attribute the files to a generic account
- Tie into a SQL database for user accounts in addition to Active Directory
On a sidenote, I've seen it to be a best practice to never delete users from Active Directory due to issues like these. Instead, just disable the accounts and move them to an out of the way OU.
boflynn
2009-07-02 13:55:18