7/28/2019 4.Creating and Managing User Objects server 2003

1/2

Creating and Managing User ObjectsIn this practice, you will create three user objects. You will then modify properties

of those objects.

Exercise 1: Create User Objects

1. Log on to Server01 as an administrator.2. Open Active Directory Users And Computers.3. Select the Employees OU.4. Create a user account with the following information, ensuring that you use astrong password:Text Box Name Type

First Name Dan

Last Name Holme

User Logon Name Dan.Holme

User Logon Name (Pre-Windows 2000) Dholme

5. Create a second user object with the following properties:

Property TypeFirst Name Hank

Last Name Carbeck

User Logon Name Hank.Carbeck

User Logon Name (Pre-Windows 2000) Hcarbeck

6. Create a user object for yourself, following the same conventions for userlogon names as you did for the first two objects.

Exercise 2: Modify User Object Properties1. Open the Properties dialog box for your user object.

2. Configure the appropriate properties for your user object on the General,Address, Profile, Telephones, and Organization tabs.3. Examine the many properties associated with your user object, but do notchange any other properties yet.4. Click OK when finished.

7/28/2019 4.Creating and Managing User Objects server 2003

2/2

Exercise 3: Modify Multiple User Objects Properties1. Open Active Directory Users And Computers and navigate to the Contoso.comEmployees OU. Select the Employees OU in the tree pane, which will list the userobjects you created in Exercise 1 in the details pane.2. Click Dan Holmes user object.3. Hold the CTRL key and click Hank Carbecks user object.

4. Click the Action menu, and then click Properties.5. Notice the difference between the Properties dialog box here, and the moreextensive properties dialog box you explored in Exercise 2. Examine theproperties that are available when multiple objects are selected, but do notmodify any properties yet.6. Configure the following properties for the two user objects:

Property Page Property Type

General Description

General Telephone NumberGeneral Web Page

Address StreetAddress CityAddress State/ProvinceAddress ZIP/Postal CodeOrganization

TitleOrganization Company

Taught me everything I needed to know about Windows Server 2003

(425) 555-0175

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/

One Microsoft WayRedmondWashington98052AuthorMicrosoft Press

7. Click OK when you finish configuring the properties.8. Open the properties of the object Dan Holme.9. Confirm that the properties you configured in step 6 did, in fact, apply to theobject. Click OK when you are finished.10. Click Dan Holmes user object.11. Hold the CTRL key and click Hank Carbecks user object. Click the Actionmenu.

12. Notice that the Reset Password command is not available when you haveselected more than one user object. What other commands are not availablewhen multi-selecting? Experiment by selecting one user, opening