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How to Create a New User in Server 2008
User Accounts
Active Directory requires users to be authenticated before they can access resources. This is done
by means of the user account which includes a logon name, password and a unique security
identifier (SID). When a use logs on, Active Directory authenticates the user name and
password and builds a security access token that represents that user.
The access token contains the user account's SID and can be used to verify user rights
assignments, including the right to log on locally to the system and to authorise access to
resources secured by access control lists (ACLs).
The user account is integrated into the Active Directory user object, which also includes the
user's contact information, organisational information including job title and manager, group
memberships and configuration details such as roaming profile, terminal services, remote access
and remote control settings.
Group memberships are used to specify the groups to which a user account belongs.
Permissions and rights granted to a group are also provided to its members. In most cases, the
actions a user can perform in Windows are determined by the group memberships of the user
account to which the user is logged on.
One of the first things to do in a new network is to create Users, also called User Objects. As
long as you know the information about the user you need to create, the process will take no time
at all.
This is a task we want to do from a Domain Controller, and you should have the Administrative
Tools in your Start menu next to the Control Panel link. We’ll choose the Active Directory Users
and Computers snap-in.
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Once we’re inside the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, we’ll need to expand the
domain in which we want to create the user, and right-click on the Users folder. We’ll then
select New|User.
The New Object – User box will pop up and require you to put in the user’s name and
create the user logon. You’ll need to use a standard method of creating user logon
names, as this will cause much less confusion in the future. If you have a small network,
you may want to just stick to using the first initial and last name because it’s shorter. If
you anticipate that your network will grow quite large, the standard advice is to use the
full first and last name separated by a period, as we’ve done below.
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Next we’ll give the user an initial password, and make sure to have them change it as
soon as they first logon.
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When we’re finished, we’ll get a nice summary of our work.
When we go back to the Users folder in the domain, we can see our newly created user.
