Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Chapter 9. Creating User and Group Accounts

In this chapter:

User Account Setup and Organization

Configuring Account Policies

Configuring User Rights Policies

Adding a User Account

Adding a Group Account

Handling Global Group Membership

A key part of your job as an administrator is to create accounts, and this chapter will show you how to do so. User and group accounts allow Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to track and manage information about users, including permissions and privileges. When you create user accounts, the primary account administration tools you use are:

• Active Directory Users And Computers, which is designed to administer accounts throughout an Active Directory directory service domain

• Local Users And Groups, which is designed to administer ...