{"id":7816,"date":"2026-02-12T12:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/?post_type=docs&p=7816"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:32:10","password":"","slug":"active-directory-account-creation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/docs\/active-directory-account-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Directory Account Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. \ud83d\udc65 Creating a New User Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A User Account<\/strong> is an object in Active Directory that represents a person and is used for authentication and authorization across the domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step-by-Step Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Open ADUC:<\/strong> Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers<\/strong> console (dsa.msc).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Locate OU:<\/strong> In the left pane, navigate to and select the Organizational Unit (OU)<\/strong> where you want to place the new user.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Initiate Creation:<\/strong> Right-click the desired OU, point to New<\/strong>, and then click User<\/strong>.
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    1. Enter Identification Data:<\/strong>\n
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      • First name:<\/strong> (e.g., Jane<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Last name:<\/strong> (e.g., Doe<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Full name:<\/strong> (Automatically populated as Jane Doe<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • User logon name:<\/strong> This is the username used for domain sign-in (e.g., jdoe<\/em> or jane.doe<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Set Password:<\/strong> Click Next<\/strong> and enter the password twice.
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        1. Configure Password Options:<\/strong> Select the required password policy options:\n
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          • User must change password at next logon:<\/strong> (Standard security practice)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • User cannot change password:<\/strong> (Used for service accounts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Password never expires:<\/strong> (Used for service accounts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Account is disabled:<\/strong> (Used for creation, enabled later)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Finalize:<\/strong> Click Next<\/strong> and then Finish<\/strong>.
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            Note:<\/strong> After creation, right-click the user account, select Properties<\/strong>, and navigate to the Member Of<\/strong> tab to add the user to relevant security groups (e.g., Domain Users, Remote Desktop Users, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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            2. \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Creating a New Computer Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            A Computer Account<\/strong> is an object that represents a client machine or server joined to the domain. This object is automatically created when a machine is successfully joined to the domain, but it can be pre-staged manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Step-by-Step Process (Manual Staging)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            1. Open ADUC:<\/strong> Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers<\/strong> console.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. Locate OU:<\/strong> Navigate to and select the target Organizational Unit (OU)<\/strong> where the computer object should reside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Initiate Creation:<\/strong> Right-click the desired OU, point to New<\/strong>, and then click Computer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. Enter Computer Name:<\/strong> Enter the exact name of the computer<\/strong> as it will appear on the network (e.g., WIN10-JDOE<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. Set Delegation (Optional):<\/strong> Click Change<\/strong> to specify which domain users or groups are allowed to join the workstation to the domain<\/strong> using this pre-staged account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            6. Finalize:<\/strong> Click OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Joining the Computer to the Domain (Client Side)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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              1. Access System Properties:<\/strong> On the target client machine, go to System Properties<\/strong> > Computer Name<\/strong> tab.
                <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                1. Change Settings:<\/strong> Click Change<\/strong> and enter the full Domain Name<\/strong> (e.g., example.local<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. Authenticate:<\/strong> A window will prompt for credentials. Enter the username and password of an account authorized to join computers to the domain (e.g., jdoe<\/em> or an Administrator account).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. Reboot:<\/strong> After successful authentication, the computer will reboot and be joined to the domain, associating itself with the corresponding computer object in AD.
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                  1. \ud83d\udc65 Creating a New User Account A User Account is an object in Active Directory that represents a person and is used for authentication and authorization across the domain. Step-by-Step Process Note: After creation, right-click the user account, select Properties, and navigate to the Member Of tab to add the user to relevant security…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[34],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7816","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-help-desk-labs"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":428,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Help Desk (Active Directory Labs)","term_url":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/docs-category\/help-desk-labs\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7818,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7816\/revisions\/7818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=7816"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemedia.co.za\/cybermedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=7816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}