Windows® Small Business Server 2008 Administrator’s Companion

Managing User Roles

Gaining access to the network requires a domain user account, which authenticates the identity of the person making the connection and controls what resources a user has a right to access.

In Windows SBS 2008, by default all user accounts fall into one of three roles, or categories:

• Standard User

• Standard User with Administrative Links

• Network Administrator

Each user account you add will be based on one of these user roles (or on another user role that you create). In the interests of sanity (your own), keep the number of user roles to a minimum. It is far easier to control access through group membership rather than creating multiple user roles.

The Standard User Role

A Standard User has access to shared folders, e-mail, the Internet, ...