To create a user account in Active directory login to the domain controller server, and click on Start go to Programs then click on Administrative Tools and choose Active Directory Users and Computers. once you are at the active directory users and computers console, right click on the user organizational folder and go to new and then choose User:
the new object – user Window will come up.
Insert First Name, Initials, last name, and Full Name. also choose your User Logon Name.
After filling all the fields on the window above, click Next.
next, you will need to choose a password for the account. choose Password never expires and type your chosen password.
click on Next, and then on Finish.
now your new account should be active.
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Fr3D
July 17th, 2008 at 5:25 am
1Thats not so bad after all, thanks.
Question for you though. You have an organisational folder called Domain Users and I dont. !
I only have a folder called Users. Whats the reasoning for creating the Domain Users folder and the implications for just using the Users folder.?
Also whats the so called Microsoft Way and then the Right Way for going about all this and why. (I know they are not always the same.)
Thats a bit of a big question I know so just say what you can..
Thanks,
Fr3D.
Nelson
July 17th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
2Hi Fr3D, good question indeed. the reason why I have created the Domain Users organizational unit is because, technically the default “Users” folder is not an organizational unit, it is rather defined as “Container class Object” and it does not behave the same way as organizational unit does. group policies and other services depend on organizational units functionalities to work, so you need to have your users on an organization unit in order to implement those services.
I don’t think there is only one way to do this ( regarding your question about Microsoft Way) Microsoft only give you an overview of the technology and things you can do with it, but when it comes to implement exchange or windows servers on a production environment,it all depends on the organization needs. like in the example above, if you don’t need to run group polices or other services that depend on OUs functions on your organization, there is not need to move your users out of the “Users” folder.
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