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*Navigate to New and in there you will have options to create a new User or Group along with other options
 
*Navigate to New and in there you will have options to create a new User or Group along with other options
 
[[File:AD_user.png|350px|Create User]] [[File:AD_group.png|350px|Create Group]]
 
[[File:AD_user.png|350px|Create User]] [[File:AD_group.png|350px|Create Group]]
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*To change attributes about a user using the GUI find the user in the appropriate OU. Right click on the users name and hit "Properties"
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[[File:AD_prop.png|350px|Edit Properties]]
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*Inside of Properties you can change the Users information such as name, but more importantly you have options to add in user profiles, remote desktop profiles, unix attributes, etc.
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[[File:AD_proper.png|350px|See Properties]]
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*If you originally click the "Unix Attributes" tab there should be nothing inside of it, to give a user a specific UID number look at the example on the right
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[[File:AD_unix1.png|350px|Unix UID None] [[File:AD_unix.png|350px|Unix UID]

Revision as of 09:38, 7 July 2015


  • The rest of this guide assumes you have RSAT installed and know the common tools to administer a Windows computer, if not check out this wiki first: http://wiki.eri.ucsb.edu/stadm/Windows_Administration
  • Common tools to edit/add users/groups and attributes in Active Directory
Active Directory Users and Computers - dsa.msc 
Group Policy Management - gpmc.msc
  • These can be run from the Run box(Windows Key +R) or can be found under Administrative Tools in the control panel
  • All domain joined computers logged in with a domain administrator account can manage the domain as long as you have RSAT installed, the following does not need to be run from any Server, it can be run from a local Windows 7 box as long as it is joined to the domain

Adding User/Group

  • A user or a group can be manually added through the GUI from any domain joined computer
  • Open Active Directory Users and Computers and navigate to the Organizational Unit(OU) you wish to create a user in.

Active Directory Users and Computers

  • As shown above right click inside the organizational unit and you will get a drop down menu of items(you can also left click the "Action" button in the toolbar if in the appropriate OU to get the same menu)
  • Navigate to New and in there you will have options to create a new User or Group along with other options

Create User Create Group

  • To change attributes about a user using the GUI find the user in the appropriate OU. Right click on the users name and hit "Properties"

Edit Properties

  • Inside of Properties you can change the Users information such as name, but more importantly you have options to add in user profiles, remote desktop profiles, unix attributes, etc.

See Properties

  • If you originally click the "Unix Attributes" tab there should be nothing inside of it, to give a user a specific UID number look at the example on the right

[[File:AD_unix1.png|350px|Unix UID None] [[File:AD_unix.png|350px|Unix UID]