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Cisco Secure Access Help Manage User Directories and Device Management Import Users and Groups from CSV File

Last updated: Aug 14, 2025

Import Users and Groups from CSV File

Cisco Secure Access supports provisioning users and groups manually from a comma-separated values (CSV) file. Export your Microsoft Active Directory (AD) users and groups to a CSV file. We recommend using CSVDE.EXE from a domain controller.

For each upload, the CSV file can have up to 4000 rows. An import may require ten minutes. Each subsequent CSV file upload replaces the contents of the previous upload. For large numbers of users and groups, we recommend using AD provisioning.

Note: To switch from AD provisioning to CSV import, you must uninstall your Secure Access AD Connectors and delete the AD Connectors in Secure Access. For more information, see Provision Users and Groups from Active Directory.