Bulk add from excel (VBScript)

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' This script was originally published in the Exchange Cookbook,
' (http://www.exchangebookcook.com). Written by Paul Robichaux, 
' Missy Koslosky, and Devin Ganger. Redistributed with permission 
' of the publisher, O'Reilly & Associates.

' This code will read the contents of an Excel file and use the fields
' to create a set of mailboxes 

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
 strExchangeServerName = "<serverName>" ' e.g. " batman"
 strWorksheetName = "<filePath>"	' e.g. "c:\data\excelSheet.xls"; replace with actual name  
 strTargetMDB = "<someMDB>"
 strTargetContainer = "cn=users,<forestDN>"	' e.g. "cn=Users, dc=domain, dc=com"
 
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------

  ' create an invisible Excel instance and open our specified workbook
   set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
   Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(strWorksheetName)

  ' assume that row 1 is header data, and that rows 2-N contain data
  ' Columns:
  ' 1: first name
  ' 2: last name
  ' 3: CN
  ' 4: alias
  
  
  currentRow = 2
  Do until objExcel.Cells(currentRow, 1).Value =""
     userFirst = objExcel.Cells(currentRow, 1).Value
     userLast =  objExcel.Cells(currentRow, 2).Value
     userCN =  objExcel.Cells(currentRow, 3).Value
     userAlias =  objExcel.Cells(currentRow, 4).Value
 
    Set objTargetContainer = GetObject(strTargetContainer)
    Set objUser = objOU.objTargetContainer _
        ("User", "cn=" & userCN)
    objUser.sAMAccountName = userAlias
    objUser.GivenName = userFirst
    objUser.SN = userLast
    objUser.AccountDisabled = FALSE
    objUser.SetInfo    
    objUser.CreateMailbox targetMDB
    currentRow = currentRow + 1
  Loop
  objExcel.quit
  WScript.Echo "Imported " & currentRow -1 & " objects"

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