New to Active Directory? Start Here Users & Groups Made Easy

In this the third guide in my beginners series on Windows Server 2025. I take a look at on the most fundamental skills that admins must know. How to create and manage both Active Directory user accounts as well as groups. From planning to implementation it’s super important to get this right. So, buckle up for a deep dive in bring your skills up to date. The point of the series is to help cloud admins understand on premises technologies which in turn will help in hybrid management and beyond. Check out today’s sponsor Tikit by Cireson at cireson.com Watch the first in the series DHCP here    • Windows Server Basic Admin Skills. DHCP   & DNS Here    • Windows Server Basic Admin Skills DNS   For more on me visit Andymalone.org Looking for more? Why not sign up to my Patreon page   / andymalonemvp   Check me out on TikTok   / andy.malone.mvp   Timecodes 00:00 Introductions & Background info 02:41 Getting Started with AD Users & Groups 04:07 Understanding Organisational Units Structure & Design 06:17 Creating OU’s 06:58 Creating & Managing User Accounts 09:21 User Account Properties Explained 12:28 Groups Explained 13:15 Understanding Default Groups (Roles) 14:04 The Default Users OU explained 14:56 Moving Users 15:50 Creating Global & Domain Local Groups 17:40 AGDLP Fundamentals 21:51 Session Conclusions