[...]... is a Windows Server 2003 program that enables you to create new Active Directory objects, complete with attribute values, from the command prompt When you have a large number of user objects to create, the advantage of using Dsadd.exe is that you can create a batch file containing multiple commands and create as many objects as you need at one time NOTE Exam Objectives The objectives for the 70- 290 exam. .. telephone dialer application that enabled you to search for another user’s account in Active Directory and automatically dial a telephone number specified on this tab in that user’s object Gt06cr03 The Organization Tab The Organization tab contains informational fields in which administrators can specify information about the user’s place in the organization, including a field in which you select the account... creates a user object in the Employees OU called Scott Bishop The logon names, first name, and last name are configured by the file This is a simple example of a CSV file with only a few attributes The header can be much longer and contain any of the attributes normally found in an object NOTE Creating Blank Attributes When creating the records in a CSV file, you can leave the value for a particular attribute... service has, is extensible Administrators can extend the schema manually by adding properties to an object type (although Microsoft does not recommend this), or the schema can be automatically extended by the installation of software products For example, installing Microsoft Exchange extends the schema to create Exchange General, Exchange Features, and E-mail Addresses tabs in each user’s Properties dialog... locate domain user accounts by searching the directory using whatever information they have about the user they need to find Other people on the network can also look up a specific user to find contact information for them or other data The Address Tab Gt06cr02 179 180 PART 2: MANAGING AND MAINTAINING USERS, GROUPS, AND COMPUTERS The Address tab contains informational fields that enable administrators... requiring temporary access to the domain Exam Objectives The objectives for the 70- 290 exam specify that students should be able to “create and manage user accounts.” NOTE Windows Server 2003 also creates other built-in accounts by default when you install certain services on the computer For example, promoting a server to a domain controller creates a hidden user object called krbtgt to function as the security... no} ■ -acctexpires NumberOfDays ■ -disabled {yes | no} You can also add the -s, -u, and -p parameters to specify the domain controller against which Dsadd.exe will run and the username and password that will be used to execute the command ■ {-s Server | -d Domain} ■ -u UserName ■ -p {Password | *} The special variable $username$ (case-insensitive) can be used to supply the user’s SAM account name in... parameter in any one of the following ways: ■ By typing each DN on the command line, separated by spaces ■ By piping a list of DNs from another command, such as Dsquery.exe ■ By leaving the DN parameter empty, at which point you can type the DNs, one at a time, at a prompt presented by the program Press Enter after each DN, and press Ctrl+Z and Enter after the last DN In addition to the UserDN parameter,... set on this tab enables the user to access the applications in the various COM+ partitions that comprise the set Gt06cr16 187 188 PART 2: MANAGING AND MAINTAINING USERS, GROUPS, AND COMPUTERS Managing Multiple Users When you manage domain user accounts, there will likely be times when you have to make the same changes to multiple user objects and modifying each one individually would be a tedious chore... environment, application settings, and personal data A user profile also contains all of the user’s Start menu items and mapped drives to network servers User profiles maintain consistency by providing users with the same desktop environment that they had the last time they logged on to the computer Exam Objectives The objectives for the 70- 290 exam specify that students should be able to “manage local, roaming, . Understand the differences between local user accounts and domain user accounts ■ Plan user account creation ■ Create and manage local user accounts ■ Create and manage domain user accounts ■ Create. same account name and password, all authenti - cations after the first one occur automatically and in the background. To create local user accounts, you use an MMC snap-in called Local Users And. user authentication issues 166 PART 2: MANAGING AND MAINTAINING USERS, GROUPS, AND COMPUTERS UNDERSTANDING USER ACCOUNTS A Microsoft Windows network can be based on one of two organizational schemes,