How to Create User Accounts
Yo u r i n structor wi 11 de rrio n strate how to:
Create a domain user account Create a local use; account
Introduction Domain user accounts enable users to log on to a domain and access resources anywhere on the network, and local user accounts enable users to log on and access resources only on the computer on which you create the local user account. As a systems administrator, you must create domain and local user accounts to manage your network environment.
Important You cannot create local user accounts on a domain controller. To create a domain user account:
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the console tree, double-click the domain node.
3. In the details pane, right-click the organizational unit where you want to add the user, point to New, and then click User.
4. In the New Object - User dialog box, in the First name box, type the user's first name.
5. In the Initials box, type the user's initials.
6. In the Last name box, type the user's last name.
7. In the User logon name box, type the name that the user will log on with.
8. From the drop-down list, click the upn-suffix.html">UPN suffix that must be appended to the user logon name after the at sign (@).
Procedure for creating a domain user account
9. Click Next.
10. In the Password and Confirm password boxes, type the user's password.
11. Select the appropriate password options.
12. Click Next, and then click Finish.
Procedure for creating a To create a local user account: local user account
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.
2. In the console tree, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
3. On the Action menu, click New User.
4. In the New User dialog box, in the User name box, type the name that the user will log on with.
5. Modify the full name as desired.
6. In the Password and Confirm password boxes, type the user's password.
7. Select the appropriate password options.
8. Click Create, and then click Close.
Note A user name cannot be identical to any other user or group name on the computer being administered. It can contain up to 20 uppercase or lowercase characters, except for the following:
A user name cannot consist solely of periods or spaces.
Using a command line Another way to create a domain user account is to use the dsadd command.
The dsadd user command adds a single user to the directory from a command prompt or batch file.
To create a user account by using dsadd user:
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type dsadd user UserDomainName [-samid SAMName]
[-upn UPN] [-fn FirstName] [-In LastName] [-display DisplayName] [-pwd {Password*}] Use " " if there is a space in any variable.
Note For the complete syntax of the dsadd user command, at a command prompt, type dsadd user /?.
Example of dsadd user:
dsadd user "cn=testuser,cn=users,dc=nwtraders,dc=msft" -samid testuser -upn testuser@nwtraders.msft -fn test -In user -display "test user" -pwd P@ssw0rd
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