Good afternoon!

Short question - how do I modify existing user templates in SBS2003? I know
where to go to modify the majority of things (Server Management - User
Templates) but what about modifying things like the default OU where the
users will be created or the format of the "user name" (CaryShultz.....would
really prefer either cshultz or cary.shultz).

Is the answer to create a new template instead of modifying the existing?
That is what I have been doing.....

Thanks,

Cary

Cary Shultz <cshultz@newsgroup> wrote:

> Good afternoon!
>
> Short question - how do I modify existing user templates in SBS2003? I
> know where to go to modify the majority of things (Server
> Management - User Templates) but what about modifying things like the
> default OU where the users will be created or the format of the "user
> name" (CaryShultz.....would really prefer either cshultz or
> cary.shultz).
> Is the answer to create a new template instead of modifying the
> existing? That is what I have been doing.....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary

None of these can be done in the templates, which are simply disabled user
accounts. What you want is AD stuff and I don't know how you would do it.
Unless you have extremely high turnover I don't know that I'd bother - I've
just learned to live with the fact that I have to tweak a few things after
creating a user account.

Good evening, Lanwench!

Pretty much what I was thinking.....but wanted to ask. I am the guy who
creates all of the "HOW TO: create....." documents for our company as well
as being the AD / GPO guy and was trying to facilitate the create of user
account objects for the Help Desk. Was thinking that if I could create a
template that did everything there would not be a need to go back and tweak
things (because - in my experience - the 'tweaking' never gets done).

Now, creating a new template does allow me to do a lot of things....like
dictate in what OU the user account object will exist and of what Security
and/or Distribution Groups said user will be a member....just wanted to
dictate the format of the user account so that the Help Desk guys will not
have to think!

Thanks,

Cary

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:uUSBnPtQKHA.5032@newsgroup

> Cary Shultz <cshultz@newsgroup> wrote:

>> Good afternoon!
>>
>> Short question - how do I modify existing user templates in SBS2003? I
>> know where to go to modify the majority of things (Server
>> Management - User Templates) but what about modifying things like the
>> default OU where the users will be created or the format of the "user
>> name" (CaryShultz.....would really prefer either cshultz or
>> cary.shultz).
>> Is the answer to create a new template instead of modifying the
>> existing? That is what I have been doing.....
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cary

>
> None of these can be done in the templates, which are simply disabled user
> accounts. What you want is AD stuff and I don't know how you would do it.
> Unless you have extremely high turnover I don't know that I'd bother -
> I've just learned to live with the fact that I have to tweak a few things
> after creating a user account.
>

Cary Shultz <cshultz@newsgroup> wrote:

> Good evening, Lanwench!
>
> Pretty much what I was thinking.....but wanted to ask. I am the guy
> who creates all of the "HOW TO: create....." documents for our
> company as well as being the AD / GPO guy and was trying to
> facilitate the create of user account objects for the Help Desk. Was
> thinking that if I could create a template that did everything there
> would not be a need to go back and tweak things (because - in my
> experience - the 'tweaking' never gets done).
> Now, creating a new template does allow me to do a lot of
> things....like dictate in what OU the user account object will exist
> and of what Security and/or Distribution Groups said user will be a
> member....just wanted to dictate the format of the user account so
> that the Help Desk guys will not have to think!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary

I'm sure someone has figured out how to do this in ADSIEdit but I'm not that
motivated, or that brave. ;-)

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@newsgroup> wrote in
> message news:uUSBnPtQKHA.5032@newsgroup

>> Cary Shultz <cshultz@newsgroup> wrote:

>>> Good afternoon!
>>>
>>> Short question - how do I modify existing user templates in
>>> SBS2003? I know where to go to modify the majority of things (Server
>>> Management - User Templates) but what about modifying things like
>>> the default OU where the users will be created or the format of the
>>> "user name" (CaryShultz.....would really prefer either cshultz or
>>> cary.shultz).
>>> Is the answer to create a new template instead of modifying the
>>> existing? That is what I have been doing.....
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cary

>>
>> None of these can be done in the templates, which are simply
>> disabled user accounts. What you want is AD stuff and I don't know
>> how you would do it. Unless you have extremely high turnover I don't
>> know that I'd bother - I've just learned to live with the fact that
>> I have to tweak a few things after creating a user account.

Think "displaySpecifiers"......

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:eToofw1QKHA.1232@newsgroup

> Cary Shultz <cshultz@newsgroup> wrote:

>> Good evening, Lanwench!
>>
>> Pretty much what I was thinking.....but wanted to ask. I am the guy
>> who creates all of the "HOW TO: create....." documents for our
>> company as well as being the AD / GPO guy and was trying to
>> facilitate the create of user account objects for the Help Desk. Was
>> thinking that if I could create a template that did everything there
>> would not be a need to go back and tweak things (because - in my
>> experience - the 'tweaking' never gets done).
>> Now, creating a new template does allow me to do a lot of
>> things....like dictate in what OU the user account object will exist
>> and of what Security and/or Distribution Groups said user will be a
>> member....just wanted to dictate the format of the user account so
>> that the Help Desk guys will not have to think!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cary

>
> I'm sure someone has figured out how to do this in ADSIEdit but I'm not
> that motivated, or that brave. ;-)

>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <lanwench@newsgroup> wrote in
>> message news:uUSBnPtQKHA.5032@newsgroup

>>> Cary Shultz <cshultz@newsgroup> wrote:
>>>> Good afternoon!
>>>>
>>>> Short question - how do I modify existing user templates in
>>>> SBS2003? I know where to go to modify the majority of things (Server
>>>> Management - User Templates) but what about modifying things like
>>>> the default OU where the users will be created or the format of the
>>>> "user name" (CaryShultz.....would really prefer either cshultz or
>>>> cary.shultz).
>>>> Is the answer to create a new template instead of modifying the
>>>> existing? That is what I have been doing.....
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Cary
>>>
>>> None of these can be done in the templates, which are simply
>>> disabled user accounts. What you want is AD stuff and I don't know
>>> how you would do it. Unless you have extremely high turnover I don't
>>> know that I'd bother - I've just learned to live with the fact that
>>> I have to tweak a few things after creating a user account.

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>
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