Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Essentials & Configuration

Chapter 9. Creating user and group accounts

• Windows Server security model

• Differences between user and group accounts

• Default user accounts and groups

• Account capabilities

• Using default group accounts

• User account setup and organization

• Configuring account policies

• Configuring user rights policies

• Adding a user account

• Adding a group account

• Handling global group membership

• Implementing managed accounts

Managing accounts is one of your primary tasks as a Windows administrator. Chapter 8 discusses computer accounts. This chapter examines user and group accounts. With user accounts, you can enable individual users to log on to the network and access network resources. With group accounts, you manage resources for multiple users. The permissions and privileges ...