MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Study Guide
This study system gives readers 100 percent coverage of the official Microsoft 70-290 exam objectives necessary to master the exam on your first try.
TABLE OF CONTENTS MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Study Guide
Creating and Managing User Accounts
Exam 70-290: Objective 2.4
User accounts are required to log on to a Windows network. Active Directory only gives us two built-in user accounts (administrator and guest) to log on with by default. All other accounts must be manually created. You can create user accounts through the GUI with Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). You can create them from the command prompt by using tools such as dsadd.exe, csvde.exe, and ldiffde.exe.
Using the ADUC MMC Snap-In to Create and Manage Users
Exam 70-290: Objective 2.4.1
This section discusses using ADUC to create and manage users. Exercise 4.01 covers creating users. It is important to know how to create users. However, for the test you also need to know how to manage users. This section walks you through all the tabs of an Active Directory user account with screenshots and explanations.
Exercise 4.01: Using Active Directory Users and Computers to Create Users
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Open Active Directory Users and Computers ( Start Programs Administrative Tools Active Directory Users and Computers).
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Right-click the domain or OU where you want to create a user, as shown in Figure 4.4.
Figure 4.4: Creating a New User -
Click New from the pop-up menu.
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Click User from the pop-up menu. The New Object User screen appears, as shown in Figure 4.5.
Figure 4.5: Naming the New User -
Fill in the new user s information. For this example, you are creating...
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