Active Directory Administration Cookbook

Using Active Directory Users and Computers

Active Directory Users and Computers is ideal when you have simple scopes for user objects to modify. Through its selection mechanisms, admins can easily select all of the users in an OU or container (by pressing Ctrl + A) or select all of the users whose names start with an A.

To modify multiple users using Active Directory Users and Computers, follow these steps:

1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc).
2. In the left navigation pane, navigate to the OU or container where the user objects reside.
3. In the main pane, select the user objects by selecting them while holding down the Shift button.
4. Right-click the objects and select Properties from the menu.
5. Change the attribute or attributes ...