Domain Account Administration

Account administration can be executed from the Network Browser panel or from the object view (see General Navigation Information).

Creating Accounts & Groups

You can create an organizational unit, a user, machine or group account from within the Network Browser panel or from within the object view currently opened.

  1. Click on the Add New button in the Ribbon Bar and select the account type to create. Note: If you are in the Object View, you can only create an object of the view type selected.

  2. The  New Object Wizard starts to prompt you for the object information. Go through the wizard and enter the necessary information to create the new object.

Note: Goverlan attempts to use the native Microsoft Active Directory Object Creation Wizard. This wizard is only available if the Microsoft adminpak.msi has been installed on your machine. If the Microsoft Object Creation Wizard is not available on the local machine, Goverlan uses its own. However, not all creation options may be available.

Moving Objects

You can move any type of Active Directory objects, including entire OUs.

  1. Select one or more objects from the view (to select multiple objects, use the Ctrl or Shift keys).

  2. Right-click on the mouse and select the Move... command.

  3. Select the destination container and click on OK.

Renaming Objects

In the Network Browser view

To rename or change the description of an organizational unit, select it and single click within the field to be edited or press the F2 key. This activates in-place editing of the field. Change the string within the field and press the Enter key or click outside of the edit field to validate the change (see In-Place Editing of Information.)

In the Object View

To rename an account or modify its information, select it and single click within the field to be edited or press the F2 key. This activates in-place editing of the field. Change the string within the field and press the Enter key or click outside of the edit field to validate the change. You can also right click on the mouse and select Rename or Edit from the context sensitive menu (see In-Place Editing of Information.)

Note: You can also rename computer accounts - see: System Information.

Deleting Objects

You can delete any type of Active Directory objects, including entire OUs.

  1. Select one or more objects from the view (to select multiple objects, use the Ctrl or Shift keys).

  2. Right-click on the mouse and select the Delete command.

  3. Click on OK.

Modifying Account Settings

You can modify the settings of user accounts, machine accounts and groups. This can only be done from within the Object View.

User Account Settings

In the Users View, right-click on a user object and select Account Information, or double click on the object, then double click on Account Information.

See: User Account Information

Computer Account Settings

In the Computers View, right-click on a computer object and select Account Information, or open the System Information window of the computer and click on the view domain account properties link under the Network Settings category.

See: Account Information

Group Account Settings

In the Groups View, double click on a group object to open its account information window.

See: Managing Groups - Overview

Managing Domain Account Policy

Goverlan provides an interface to view and modify domain account policies.

To open the Domain Policy window of a domain, click on the button of the Ribbon Bar. In the Network Browser Panel, you can also right click on a domain item and select View Domain Account Policy.

The available policy sets are:

  1. Account Password Policy (determines settings for passwords such as enforcement and lifetimes)

  2. Account Lockout Policy (determines when and for whom an account will be locked out of the system)

To modify a policy setting, click on its value in the right column. Remember that the changes will apply to all accounts in the domain.