WD Lesson-29

Creating User Accounts

Domain user accounts are created using the Active Directory Users And Computers console. To use this tool we  must have administrator privileges.

            When we create the domain user account, the user logon name is by default associated with the domain in which we are creating the domain user account.

How to create a domain user?

1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users And Computers.

2. Click the domain, right-click the OU in which the domain user account will be stored, point to New, and   then click User.

3. In the New Object-User dialog box, shown in following fig., set the domain user name options as described in below:

Option                                     Action

First Name box                        Type the user’s first name.

Initials box                                Type the user’s initials

Last Name box                         Type the user’s last name

Full Name box                          No action is necessary 

User Logon Name box             Accompany it by typing a domain name

4. In the second New Object-User dialog box, shown above in Figure, set the password  requirements.

5. In the third New Object–User dialog box, confirm that the full name and the user logon name are correct for the user. Click Finish.

Modifying Domain User Account Properties

1. On the Administrative Tools menu, click Active Directory Users And Computers,

    and then click the domain.

2. Click the appropriate OU to view available domain user accounts.

3. Right-click the domain user account for which you want to modify properties, and

    then click Properties.

4. Click the appropriate tab for the properties that you want to enter or change, and

    then complete the necessary information.

5. Click OK