Security Explorer 9.9

Managing groups and users

Use the Tasks tab to easily export, search for, and report on groups and users.

Table 6. Group and User Management Tasks
Task	Description
Manage Computers	Manage the list of computer Favorites. See Managing Favorites.
Search	Search for groups and users. See Using the Search tasks.
Create User/Group	Create a new group, user account, or Managed Service Account. See Creating a new group, Creating a new user, or Creating a new Managed Service Account.
Delete User/Group	Delete one or more groups or users. See Deleting groups and users or Deleting Managed Service Account.
User/Group Properties	Modify the properties of a group or user. See Modifying group and user properties or Modifying Managed Service Account properties.
AD Properties	Modify Active Directory® properties of a group or user. See Modifying group or user Active Directory properties or Modifying Managed Service Account Active Directory properties.
Users Properties	Modify the properties of multiple users. See Modify memberships of multiple local groups.
Groups Contents	Add or remove a user from multiple groups. See Modifying group memberships.
User/Group Membership	View groups of which a group or user is a member. See Viewing group and user memberships or Viewing Managed Service Account memberships.
Change Password	Change the passwords of one or more users. See Changing user passwords.
Bulk Change Members	Add members to or remove members from multiple local groups. See Modify memberships of multiple local groups.
Clear Local Admins	Remove all domain users from local Administrator group across multiple computers. See Clearing the local administrator group.
Local User Report	Generate a report of local users by searching. See Running a report using the Reports or Tasks tab.
Local Group Report	Generate a report of local groups by searching. See Running a report using the Reports or Tasks tab.
Local Group Members	Generate a report of group contents for multiple local groups across multiple computers. See Running a report using the Reports or Tasks tab.

Use the Browse tab and the Tool Bar, Tools menu, and shortcut menu to manage accounts.

By adjusting the columns, you easily can see how many times a user has logged on, which users are disabled or locked, and who has an expired password.

Viewing accounts

To view accounts

Open the Group and User Management module.

Open the Browse tab.

In the Navigation pane, select a type of group or user. The groups or users display in the Objects pane.

You can size the columns to view more or less of the information, or double-click a group or user to view the properties. See Modifying group and user properties.

Creating a new group

To create a new group

Open the Group and User Management module.

Open the Tasks tab.

Click Create User/Group, and select Group.

Type the name of a domain (domain group) or computer (local group), or click Select scope to select a domain or computer.

(Optional) To create the group for multiple domains or computers, repeat step 4 to select more domains or computers.

Click OK. The New Group box displays the current selection.


	NOTE: To open the New Group box on the Browse tab, select Domain Groups or Local Groups in the Navigation pane, and select Tools \| New. -OR- Click on the Tool Bar; or right-click Domain Groups or Local Groups, and choose New.

Create the group.


	NOTE: The SID box is available when modifying a group.

Click Create.

Creating a new user

To create a new user

Open the Group and User Management module.

Open the Tasks tab.

Click Create User/Group, and select User.

Type the name of a domain (domain user) or computer (local user), or click Select scope to select a domain or computer.

(Optional) To create the user for multiple domains or computers, repeat step 4 to select more domains or computers.

Click OK. The New User box displays the current selection.


	NOTE: To open the New User box on the Browse tab, select Domain Users or Local Users in the Navigation pane, and select Tools \| New. -OR- Click on the Tool Bar; or right-click Domain Users or Local Users, and choose New.

Create the user and password.

Type the name with which the user logs in.

Type the full name of the user.

Type the password of the user.

Choose how to apply the password.

Table 7. Password options
Option	Description
User must change password at next logon	By default, the user is prompted to change the password when they log on for the first time.
User cannot change password	Available only when the User must change password at next logon check box is cleared.
Password never expires	Available only when the User must change password at next logon check box is cleared.
Account is disabled	Select to disable the account.
Account is locked out	The Account is locked out check box is not available when creating a user.

Type a description of the user.

Select options.

Table 8. Dialog box options
Option	Description
Keep this dialog open after creating new user	By default, the New User box closes when you click Create. If you are creating multiple users, select this check box to keep the New User box open.
Refresh parent user list on completion	By default, the parent list refreshes when you click Create. If you are creating multiple users, clear this check box so you don’t have to wait for the list to refresh. TIP: If you are creating more than one user, select the Keep this dialog open after creating new user check box and clear the Refresh parent user list on completion check box.

Click Create.

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