How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003
This concise, focused text will provide you with all the essential information you need to install, configure and manage your Windows Small Business Server 2003 network.
TABLE OF CONTENTS How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003
Chapter 7: Managing Users and Groups
Overview
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Understanding, Creating, and Managing Groups
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Understanding, Creating and Managing User Accounts
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Understanding and Managing User Profiles
The End Result
At the end of this chapter, you ll understand how to work effectively with groups and users in Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS). User accounts and groups provide the framework for security and organization in the SBS network. Throughout this chapter, we ll use the term user and user account interchangeably, since a user in SBS requires a user account. When you finish this chapter, you ll understand how users and groups are organized and used, and how to manage user accounts and groups so your network remains secure and your users can do their jobs.
Understanding, Creating, and Managing Groups
User accounts and groups form the foundation for managing access to the network. We ll begin by discussing groups because we organize user accounts and assign permissions to users through groups (typically). Once you understand how the groups in SBS are used, we ll look at how groups and user accounts interact.
Understanding Groups
A group is typically a collection of user accounts. While the strict definition of a group in Windows Server 2003 (and SBS) is a bit broader than that, for practical purposes a group is used for managing user accounts. There are two types of groups: security and distribution. Security groups are used to manage (grant and restrict) permissions of users based on group membership. Security groups include built-in groups and custom groups. Distribution groups are not at all...
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