Archive for May 2012

This quiz covers the the training module “Users”. This module contains eight lessons. Creating a User Template Create a User with the Dsadd Command Importing Users Creating Users with Windows PowerShell Creating a User with VBScript Managing User Attributes Managing User Attributes with Dsmod and Dsget Administering User Accounts [mtouchquiz 18]

The primary purpose of user objects in Active Directory is to support authentication of a User or a service. Accounts are created, administered, and, eventually, deleted. The most common administrative tasks related to user accounts are resetting a password, unlocking an account, disabling, enabling, deleting, moving, and renaming user objects. In the following sections we…

Managing User Attributes with Dsmod Dsmod modifies the attributes of one or more existing objects. DS commands were introduced earlier in the course. Like other DS commands, the Dsmod basic syntax is: dsmod user UserDN … parameters Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson The UserDN parameter specifies the distinguished name of the…

Active Directory Users and Computers When you create a user with the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in New Object– User Wizard, you are prompted for some common properties, including logon names, password, and user first and last names. A user object in Active Directory, however, supports dozens of additional properties that you can configure…

VBScript is a scripting language that supports the automation of administrative tasks on all current versions of Windows. VBScript files are text files which can be edited with Notepad or a script editor and saved with a .vbs extension. To execute a script, you can double-click it, which opens the script, using Wscript.exe. Alternatively, from…

Windows PowerShell is a powerful tool for performing and automating administrative tasks in Windows Server 2008. Windows PowerShell is both a command-line shell and a scripting language including more than 130 command-line tools called cmdlets (pronounced, “command-lets”) that follow extremely consistent syntax and naming conventions and can be extended with custom cmdlets. Use the buttons…

CSVDE CSVDE is a command-line tool that imports or exports Active Directory objects from or to a comma-delimited text file (also known as a comma-separated value text file, or .csv file). Comma-delimited files can be created, modified, and opened with tools as familiar as Notepad and Microsoft Office Excel. Use the buttons below to navigate…

In this exercise, you will use the Dsadd command to create a user account for Phil Houghton in the Managers OU. dsadd user “cn=Phil Houghton,ou=Managers,dc=es net,dc=co,dc=uk“ -samid philhoughton -pwd * -mustchpwd yes –hmdir \\dc1\users\%username%\documents -hmdrv x: Note the command should be typed as one line and then hit Enter. With the –pwd * switch, you…

Users in a domain often share many similar properties. For example, all Managers can belong to the same security groups, log on to the network during similar hours, and have home folders and roaming profiles stored on the same server. When you create a new user, you can simply copy an existing user account rather…