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Case Projects

Case Project 5-1: Creating Groups for Your Domain
Recall the OU structure you created in Case Projects 4-1 and 4-2 with the coolgadgets.com
OU simulating the domain. Create groups in the OUs under coolgadgets.com that are
appropriate for the domain structure. The group members are the users in each department
the OU represents. Explain your group-naming standard, and specify the group scope
you're using for these groups. Are any groups candidates for nesting?

Case Project 5-2: Creating User Templates for Each Department
You know that you'll be creating several users for each department in coolgadgets.com.
Users in each department will have some common attributes, specifically membership in
their departmental groups and information in the Organization tab's Department and
Company fields. Create a user template for each department. What are some best practices
you should follow when creating this user template?

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Case Project 5-3: Creating Users for Your Departments
Using the user template you created in Case Project 5-2, create two users in each depart-
ment. For simplicity's sake, name the users Department User X with a full name of
Department User X . For example, in the Operations Department, the first user is
OperationsUser1 with the full name Operations User1. Assign the password Password01
to each user. Additionally, create a third user in each department named Mgr Department ,
so for the Operations Department, the user is MgrOperations with a full name of Manager
Operations.

Case Project 5-4: Using Command-Line Account Management
Use DSADD to create a Managers group in the coolgadgets.com OU. Next, use DSQUERY
and DSMOD with a pipe to add the manager accounts you created in Case Project 5-3 to
the Managers group. Write down the commands you used and turn them into your instruc-
tor, or take a screen shot of the commands and their output.