Active Directory Administration Lesson 5

Skills Matrix Technology SkillObjective DomainObjective # Creating Users, Computers, and Groups Automate creation of Active Directory accounts 4.1 Creating Users, Computers, and Groups Maintain Active Directory accounts 4.2

Lesson 5 Understanding User Accounts Local accounts Domain accounts Built-in user accounts

Lesson 5 Understanding Group Accounts Distribution groups Security groups

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups Account Operators Administrators Backup Operators Certificate Services DCOM Access Cryptographic Operators

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) Distributed COM Users Event Log Readers Guests IIS_IUSRS Incoming Forest Trust Builders

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) Network Configuration Operators Performance Log Users Performance Monitor Users Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Print Operators

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) Remote Desktop Users Replicator Server Operators Terminal Server License Servers

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) Users Windows Authorization Access Group Allowed RODC Password Replication Group Cert Publishers Denied RODC Password Replication Group

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) DnsAdmins DnsUpdateProxy Domain Admins Domain Computers Domain Controllers

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) Domain Guests Domain Users Enterprise Admins Enterprise Read-Only Domain Controllers Group Policy Creator Owners

Lesson 5 Working with Default Groups (cont.) RAS and IAS Servers Read-Only Domain Controllers Schema Admins

Lesson 5 Understanding Special Identity Groups and Local Groups Anonymous Logon Authenticated Users Batch Creator Group Creator Owner

Lesson 5 Understanding Special Identity Groups and Local Groups (cont.) Dial-up Digest Authentication Enterprise Domain Controllers Everyone Interactive

Lesson 5 Understanding Special Identity Groups and Local Groups (cont.) IUSR Local Service Network Network Service Remote Interactive Logon

Lesson 5 Understanding Special Identity Groups and Local Groups (cont.) Restricted Self Service System Terminal Server User

Lesson 5 Developing a Group Implementation Plan Group implementation plan:  A plan that states who has the ability and responsibility to create, delete, and manage groups  A policy that states how domain local, global, and universal groups are to be used

Lesson 5 Developing a Group Implementation Plan (cont.) Group implementation plan (cont.):  A policy that states guidelines for creating new groups and deleting old groups  A naming standards document to keep group names consistent  A standard for group nesting

Lesson 5 Creating Users and Groups Batch files Comma-Separated Value Directory Exchange (CSVDE) LDAP Data Interchange Format Directory Exchange (LDIFDE) Windows Script Host (WSH)

Summary You Learned Three types of user accounts exist in Windows Server 2008: local user accounts, domain user accounts, and built-in user accounts. Local user accounts reside on a local computer and are not replicated to other computers by Active Directory. Domain user accounts are created and stored in Active Directory and replicated to all domain controllers within a domain. Built-in user accounts are automatically created when the operating system is installed and when a member server is promoted to a domain controller.

Summary You Learned (cont.) The Administrator account is a built-in domain account that serves as the primary supervisory account in Windows Server It can be renamed, but it cannot be deleted. The Guest account is a built-in account used to assign temporary access to resources. It can be renamed, but it cannot be deleted. This account is disabled by default, and the password can be left blank.

Summary You Learned (cont.) Windows Server 2008 group options include two types: security and distribution, and three scopes: domain local, global, and universal. Domain local groups are placed on the ACL of resources and assigned permissions. They typically contain global groups in their membership list.

Summary You Learned (cont.) Global groups are used to organize domain users according to their resource access needs. Global groups are placed in the membership list of domain local groups, which are then assigned the desired permissions to resources.

Summary You Learned (cont.) Universal groups are used to provide access to resources anywhere in the forest. Their membership lists can contain global groups and users from any domain. Changes to universal group membership lists are replicated to all global catalog servers throughout the forest.

Summary You Learned (cont.) The recommended permission assignment strategy places users needing access permissions in a global group, the global group in a universal group, and the universal group in a domain local group and then assigns permissions to the domain local group.

Summary You Learned (cont.) Group nesting is the process of placing group accounts in the membership of other group accounts for the purpose of simplifying permission assignments. Multiple users and groups can be created in Active Directory by using several methods. Windows Server 2008 offers the ability to use batch files, CSVDE, LDIFDE, and WSH to accomplish your administrative goals.