Windows® Command-Line Administrators Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Chapter 15. Managing Active Directory Users and Groups

The heart of an administrator's job is creating and managing user and group accounts. In this chapter, you'll first learn how to create and manage user accounts from the command line. You'll then see how to create and manage groups from the command line. The focus of this chapter is on working with Active Directory users and groups.

Overview of Managing User Accounts from the Command Line

In Windows Server 2008, two types of user accounts are defined:

• Domain user accounts User accounts are defined in Active Directory and can access resources throughout the domain. You create and manage domain user accounts using the directory services commands.

• Local user accounts User accounts are defined on ...