Setting up Users, Groups, and Templates in Windows Server 2012R2 Active Directory Domain Controller
Once the first server of Windows Server 2012R2 has been made into a domain controller you have a domain database called Active Directory that holds all user, group, and comptuer information for that domain. In a prior post I outlined how to create a domain controller. The domain was called Contoso.com, and DC1 is the Forest root domain controller for that domain. In order for people to log on and use this domain, their user accounts must be created in the Active Directory database of the domain controller. Ideally, you should already have list of users with their respective funtions or titles, and/or departments they belong to on hand so you know how to organize them in Active Directory. What users are allowed to do, and resources they will have access to will be determined be their function or group membership. So if there is a way to get this, get it.otherwise compille it. Here is a sample list of users, their function, and group membership.
List of UsersFunction Department or Group
Andres RiveraAdministrator/ITIT Department
Richard PliskaSalesSales Department
Diana FergussonSalesSales Department
Tony AlfrescoSalesSales Department
Susan LlerenaSalesSales Department
Eric SobannSalesSales Department
Robert FullerSales ManagerSales Department/Managers
Frederica MuñozAccountantAccounting Department
Elizabeth AcevedoAccountantAccounting Department
George SmithAccountantAccounting Department
Gregory HellerAccounting ManagerAccounting Department
Anita ShearHR ManagerHR Department
Ashley ThomasHR HR Department
Sable FontHR HR Department
John Phillips CullenDirector of OperationManagers Group
It is best to create the groups first, then create templates for user accounts in each group, that include menbership, then copy the template when creating each user. Some users will belong to multiple groups, copy the template for the users principle group then add the other user group by hand.
