Creating Users with Templates on Sever 2008 R2 Active Directory

Using Templates you can create objects in Active Directory.

1. Log on to Server as Administrator.

2. Open the Active Directory Users And Computers and expand the domain.

3. Right-click the Sales OU, choose New, and then select User.

4. In the First Name box, type _Sales, including the underscore character.

5. In the Last Name box, type Template.

6. In the User Logon Name box, type _salestemplate, including the underscore character and click next.

7. Type a complex password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes.

8. Select the Account Is Disabled check box. Click Next.

9. Click Finish

10. Double-click the template account to open its Properties dialog box.

11. Click the Organization tab.

12. In the Department box, type Sales.

13. In the Company box, type Trainingtech


14. Click the Member Of tab.

15. Click the Add button.


16. Type Sales, and then click OK.

17. Click the Profile tab.

18. In the Profile Path box, type \\server1\profiles\%username%.

19. Click OK.

20. Right-click _Sales Template and choose Copy. The Copy Object – User dialog box appears.

21. In the First Name box, type sam

22. In the User Logon Name box, type sam Click Next.

23. Type a complex password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes.

24. Clear the Account Is Disabled check box.

25. Click Next, and then click Finish.

26. Open the properties of the sam account and confirm that the attributes you configured in the template were copied to the new account.