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5.1 Creating and Managing Users and Groups

Marţi, 18 August 2009 16:33 Eugen Morar
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In this video i will show you how to create and Manage Users and Groups in Active Directory.


 
In this exercise, you learn how to create and manage users and groups.
  1. Open the Active Directory Users And Computers tool. If you closed the window previously, make sure to load your settings.
  2. Create the following top-level OUs:
    • Sales
    • Marketing
    • Engineering
    • HR
  3. Create the following User objects within the Sales container (use the defaults for all fields not listed):
    • First Name: John
    • Last Name: Sales
    • User Logon Name: JSales
    • First Name: Linda
    • Last Name: Manager
    • User Logon Name: LManager
  4. Create the following User objects within the Marketing container (use the defaults for all fields not listed):
    • First Name: Jane
    • Last Name: Marketing
    • User Logon Name: JMarketing
    • First Name: Monica
    • Last Name: Manager
    • User Logon Name: MManager
  5. Create the following User object within the Engineering container (use the defaults for all fields not listed):
    • First Name: Bob
    • Last Name: Engineer
    • User Logon Name: BEngineer
  6. Right-click the HR container and select New > Group. Use the name Managers for the group, and specify Global for the group scope and Security for the group type. Click OK to create the group.
  7. To assign users to the Managers group, right-click the Group object and select Properties. Change to the Members tab and click Add. Enter Linda Manager and Monica Manager, then click OK. You will see the group membership list. Click OK to finish adding the users to the group.