Microsoft active directory tutorials

You need to type in the desired user account info like the first and last name, full name which should be auto populated and the username. I like to use the first.

To reset a user password, simply right click on the user and select Reset Password as shown in the image below:. If you cannot locate the user account, click the Find objects in Active Directory Services button, type in the name of the user, and change the In dropdown to Entire Directory :. Once you find your user account you can right-click the user and select Reset Password. You can force the user to change their password at the next login. If you enable this option then the user will see this screen the next time they log in:.

If the user account is locked, you can check the second check box to unlock the account at the same time you reset the user password. You can manage a users group membership by double clicking on the user and selecting the Member Of tab:. You can add or remove groups by clicking either the Add or Remove buttons respectively.

You can learn more about the Active Directory groups that are available to you by default by clicking here. We can open any of the listed Active Directory Groups by double clicking on them. In this example I am going to double-click Domain Users :. Here you can look at all of the users who are members of the Domain Users Group. You will notice that you can also add or remove users from this view as well. You can disable a user account by right-clicking on the user and selecting Disable Account :.

Usually you will disable a user account for a period of time like 90 days before deleting the user account. Once the account has been deleted obviously it will be gone permanently and can no longer be used. That wraps up this tutorial! Hopefully you enjoyed it. If you are interested in joining our IT training program you can start a free trail by clicking here. Russell Smith April 18, Featured tags. We care about security of your data. Privacy Policy. Great things come to those who sign up.

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The following is an optional section that provides steps to creating an additional server and or forest. This can be used in some of the more advanced tutorials such as Pilot for Azure AD Connect to cloud sync. If you only need an additional server, you can stop after the - Create the virtual machine step and join the server to the existing domain that was created above. Now you have an environment that can be used for existing tutorials and to test additional features cloud sync provides. Skip to main content.

This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. In this section, a user called B. Simon is created in Salesforce.

Salesforce supports just-in-time provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Salesforce, a new one is created when you attempt to access Salesforce. Salesforce also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

Click on Test this application in Azure portal. You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Salesforce tile in the My Apps portal, you should be automatically signed in to the Salesforce for which you set up the SSO. Open Salesforce mobile application. On the sign-in page, click Use Custom Domain.

In the Custom Domain textbox, enter your registered custom domain name and click Continue. On the Allow Access page as shown below, click Allow to give access to the Salesforce application.