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Active Directory User Creation Guide

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) manages user and device information within a security domain. It includes functionalities such as DNS for resolving host names to IP addresses and DHCP for assigning IP addresses to network devices. The document also outlines the steps to create a new user object in Active Directory, emphasizing adherence to organizational naming conventions.

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Active Directory User Creation Guide

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) manages user and device information within a security domain. It includes functionalities such as DNS for resolving host names to IP addresses and DHCP for assigning IP addresses to network devices. The document also outlines the steps to create a new user object in Active Directory, emphasizing adherence to organizational naming conventions.

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Active Directory Domain

Services.
Previously known as just Active Directory, AD
Domain Services stores information about users,
computers, and other devices on the network in a
security boundary known as a domain. With
resources and users being members of a domain or
trusted hierarchy of domains
DNS Server

DNS is used to resolve host


names to IP addresses,
both IPv4 and IPv6.
Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP)

Allows servers to assign or lease IP


addresses to computers and other
devices that are enabled as DHCP
clients on the network.
File Services.

Provides technologies for storage


management, which includes
control of the types of files stored
on a server
Creating a
User
Object
To create a new user in Active
Directory, perform the
following steps. Be certain to
follow the naming conventions
and processes specified by
your organization.
–1. Open the Active Directory Users And
Computers snap-in.
–2. In the console tree, expand the node that
represents your in which you want to create the
user account.
–3. Right-click the OU or container, point to New,
and then click User.
–4. In First Name, type the user’s fist name.
–5. In Initials, type the user’s middle initial(s).
– 6. In Last Name, type the user’s last name.
– 7. The Full Name field is populated automatically.
Make modifications to it if necessary.
– 8. In User Logon Name, type the name that the user
will log on with and, from the drop-down list, select
the user principle name (UPN) suffix that will be
appended to the user logon name following the @
symbol.
–9. In the User logon name (Pre–
Windows 2000) box of the Active
Directory Users And Computers snap-
in, enter the pre–Windows 2000
logon name, often called the down
level logon name
–10. Click Next.

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