Exam 70-290 Objective 2.4 Creating and Managing User Accounts

User accounts are required to log on to a Windows network. Active Directory only gives us two built-in user accounts (administrator and guest) to log on with by default. All other accounts must be manually created. You can create user accounts through the GUI with Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). You can create them from the command prompt by using tools such as dsadd.exe, csvde.exe, and ldiffde.exe.

Exam 70-290 Objective 2.4.1 Using the ADUC MMC Snap-In to Create and Manage Users

This section discusses using ADUC to create and manage users. Exercise 4.01 covers creating users. It is important to know how to create users. However, for the test you also need to know how to manage users. This section walks you through all the tabs of an Active Directory user account with screenshots and explanations.