1. UserCreator User management for schools
Graeme Shea

2. UserCreator, OU and Folder Trees
Graeme Shea

3. UserCreator, Linking Existing Users or Folders

4. UserCreator, Converting btw. OU Structures.

5. UserCreator, Converting btw. OU Structures.

6. UserCreator, OU Structure

7. UserCreator, Folders & Permissions

8. UserCreator, Folders & Permissions

9. UserCreator, Email Options

10. UserCreator, Logging Options

11. Automatic Import Process
Export student data using script or manually
UserCreator imports users (all or updated only).
UserCreator s results to administrator
An easily modifiable script is provided that automatically exports users from CASES. Data is exported to the most interoperable of NoSQL databases, a text file. Force full imports all, Normal only changed records.

12. What does UserCreator do?
Manual or automatic operation.
Creates student users in Microsoft Active Directory.
Creates staff accounts in Microsoft Active Directory.
Imports or automatically generates simple or complex passwords.
Option to require user to change password on first use.
Configurable minimum password length.
Trim imported passwords to 10 characters.
Manages password change permission.
Separate password, security and folder options for staff and students.
Automatically enables accounts or provides for manual operation.
Creates OUs by home group or year level.
Automatically creates and manages a separate security group for each OU.
Supports “eduSTAR” style nested Staff Security Groups.
Supports an “eduSTAR style” common OU for automatic security group management.
Simple naming convention for security group management.
Provides “Server 2008 style” OU protection.
Supports legacy logon scripts and automatic conversion to Group Policy.
Removes special characters in the users properties to simplify custom scripting.
Sorts user objects by home group or year level.
Supports multiple unmanaged security groups (e.g. Internet_ Allowed, Custom_ Application etc.)
Adds a prefix to automatic security groups to avoid clash with generic class accounts.
Maintains and updates correct naming convention.
Maintains user object attributes (display name, first name etc.).
Creates Home folders.
Creates group folders by home group or year level.
Enables custom mapping between OU/group folder / Netspace group and home group.
Sorts home folders by home group or year level
Maintains correct home group or year level
Assigns home folders.
Assigns home folders drive letter.
Supports “eduSTAR” style home drive mapping (by GPO).
Uses the students name as the home/secondary folder name simplifying identification for staff.
Moves home folders between home groups or servers.
Assigns correct ownership and permissions on recovered home folders.
Sets home folders permissions
Sets home folder ownership
Maintains permissions and ownership
Automatically updates permission inheritance setting for home and home group folders.
Automatically allows permission inheritance for lower years primary students.
Automatically assigns permissions to each home group folder for each home group member.
Can prevent renaming, moving or deleting of home and group folders.
Controllable access to student folders for staff.
Creates and manages “Desktop.ini” files to avoid home folder display names changing to “Documents”.
Option to not create “Desktop.ini” files if using file screens.
Automates student roaming profiles by user, home group/year level or user.
Creates secondary student folders.
Maintains secondary folders by home group or year level
Maintains permissions on secondary folders.
Allows manual permission control on secondary folders
Creates Microsoft Exchange accounts
Creates Netspace internet accounts.
Creates Netspace accounts.
Creates and maintains Netspace groups for home group or year level.
Configurable security option on new Netspace groups.
Automatically generates DEECD compliant addresses.
Retrieves and user description from external Exchange server (e.g. Edumail).
Provides several levels of logging.
s out the result of automatic imports with new users details.
Provides a text file to import users into other systems (library, cloud services etc.)

13. Where Do I Get UserCreator?
The interim download site is: Thankyou for listening.