Creating Organizational Units and Groups

To create OUs and Security Groups

1.	Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
2.	Click the + next to contoso.com to expand it. Click contoso.com itself to show its contents in the right pane.
3.	In the left pane, right-click contoso.com, point to New, and then click Organizational Unit.
4.	Type Accounts in the name box, and then click OK.
5.	Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create the Groups and Resources OUs.
6.	Click Accounts in the left pane. Its contents now display in the right pane. (It is empty at the beginning of this procedure.)
7.	Right-click Accounts, point to New, and then click Organizational Unit.
8.	Type Headquarters, and then click OK.
9.	Repeat steps 7 and 8 to create the Production and Marketing OUs in Accounts. When you have finished, the OU structure should look like Figure 5. <!–[if gte vml 1]&gt; &lt;![endif]–><!–[if !vml]–><!–[endif]–> Figure 5. Creating Organizational Units See full-sized image
10.	In the same way, create Desktops, Laptops, and Servers in the Resources OU.
11.	Create the two security groups by right-clicking Groups, pointing to New, and then clicking Group. The two groups to add are Management and Non-management. The settings for each group should be Global and Security. Click OK to create each group. When all steps are completed, the final OU structure should look like Figure 6. Figure 6. Final OU Structure See full-sized image

Creating User Accounts

To create a user account

1.	In the left-hand pane, click Headquarters (in Accounts).. Its contents now display in the right pane. (It is empty at the beginning of this procedure.)
2.	Right-click Headquarters, point to New, and then click User.
3.	Type Christine for the first name and Koch for the last name. (Note that the full name automatically appears in the Full name box.)
4.	Type Christine for the User logon name. The window should look like Figure 7. <!–[if gte vml 1]&gt; &lt;![endif]–><!–[if !vml]–> <!–[endif]–> Figure 7. Adding a User

 

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