If anyone has experience with automated portal creation, I would greatly appreaciate any comments you have on how fast or slow this process is.  I am willing to pay a consultant for assistance with this issue if anyone is interested.

Thanks,
-Pat

Philip - I just emailed you the code.  Please let me know what you figure out.

For the benefit of all, here are code snippets from the Module and console app I am using:

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Module
Dim objPortalController As PortalController
Dim intPortalId As Integer
Dim strPortalName As String
Dim strFirstName As String
Dim strLastName As String
Dim strUsername As String
Dim strPassword As String
Dim strEmail As String
Dim strDescription As String
Dim strKeywords As String
Dim strTemplatePath As String
Dim strTemplateFile As String
Dim strHomeDirectory As String
Dim strPortalAlias As String
Dim strServerPath As String
Dim strChildPath As String
Dim bolIsChildPortal As Boolean

objPortalController = New PortalController
strFirstName = "Portal"
strLastName = "Creator"
strUsername = "portalcreator"
strPassword = "dnnportal"
strEmail = "test@somewhere.com"
strDescription = "Portal"
strKeywords = ""
strTemplatePath = strPortalRoot & "\_default\"
strTemplateFile = "DNN.template"
strHomeDirectory = ""
strServerPath = GetAbsoluteServerPath(Request)
strChildPath = ""
bolIsChildPortal = False
strPortalName = Request.QueryString("portalname") & "test.local"
strPortalAlias = strPortalName
intPortalId = objPortalController.CreatePortal(strPortalName, strFirstName, strLastName, _
  strUsername, strPassword, strEmail, strDescription, strKeywords, strTemplatePath, _
  strTemplateFile, strHomeDirectory, strPortalAlias, strServerPath, strChildPath, bolIsChildPortal)
objPortalController = Nothing

Console Application
Dim intPortal As Int16
Dim strPortalName As String
Dim strURL As String
Dim objWebRequest As WebRequest
Dim objWebResponse As WebResponse

For intPortal = 1 To 10
    strPortalName = "Portal" & intPortal
    strURL = "http://www.test.local/Default.aspx?tabid=3477&action=createportal&portalname=" & strPortalName
    objWebRequest = HttpWebRequest.Create(strURL)
    objWebRequest.Timeout = 1000 * 60 * 2
    objWebResponse = objWebRequest.GetResponse()
    objWebResponse.Close()
Next

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The console application loads the web page, passing in the portal name.  I would much rather have all of this code in a stand-along console application.  However, I can't figure out how to create a portal outside of a module.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
-Pat