Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Essentials & Configuration

Chapter 10. Managing existing user and group accounts

• Managing user contact information

• Configuring the user’s environment settings

• Setting account options and restrictions

• Managing user profiles

• Updating user and group accounts

• Managing multiple user accounts

• Troubleshooting logon problems

• Viewing and setting Active Directory permissions

In a perfect world, you could create user and group accounts and never have to touch them again. Unfortunately, we live in the real world. After you create accounts, you’ll spend a lot of time managing them. This chapter provides guidelines and tips to make that task easier.

Managing user contact information

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is a directory service. When you create user accounts, those accounts can ...