Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Administrator's Companion, 2nd Edition

Chapter 9. Managing Users and Groups

• Understanding Groups

• Planning Organizational Units

• Planning a Group Strategy

• Implementing the Group Strategy

• Managing Built-In Groups and User Rights

• Creating User Accounts

• Managing User Accounts

• Using Home Folders

• Maintaining User Profiles

• Summary

The central task of a network is to provide the customers (the users) with everything they need and clear away the clutter that hampers their progress. What they need includes access to the files, folders, applications, printers, and Internet connections that they require to do their jobs. What they don’t need is any trouble getting at what they do need.

The network administrator has additional needs, including shielding need-to-know material from those who don’t need to know, ...