Locating Active Directory Objects

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Edit the properties of the Userl9 account that you created. In the Account tab of the Properties dialog box, select the Account Is Disabled check box in the Account Options box.
In this exercise, you find various user accounts you created in Exercise 1 by using the Find option.
To locate users using the Find option
1.On Server 1, use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to find users in the
West OU with the first name of User. What is the result?
In the Find Users, Contacts, And Groups dialog box, Windows Server 2003 displays the User Eleven, User Thirteen, User Fifteen, User Seventeen, and User Nineteen accounts. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
2.On Serverl, use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to find users in the
contoso.com domain with the first name of User. What is the result?
In the Find Users, Contacts, And Groups dialog box, Windows Server 2003 displays the User Eleven, User Thirteen, User Fifteen, User Seventeen, and User Nineteen accounts, plus the User One, User Three, User Five, User Seven, and User Nine ...
... accounts you added in Chapter 7. Results might vary on your free Microsoft practice exam questions if additional users have been created.
3.Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to find users in the contoso.com
domain with the telephone number beginning with 555. What is the result?
In the Find Users, Contacts, And Groups dialog box, Windows Server 2003 displays the User Eleven account for which you typed a telephone number of 555-1234. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
Exercise 3: Locating Users Using the Dsquery Command
In this exercise, you find various user accounts you created in Exercise 1 by using the Dsquery command.
To locate users using the Dsquery command
1. Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson and Windows Server 2003 Help to find disabled user accounts in the contoso.com domain. What command did you use and what is the result?
Use the dsquery user domainroot -disabled command to find disabled user accounts in the contoso.com domain. The command lists the Guest, the SUPPORT, the krbtgt, and the certification provider Nineteen accounts as disabled. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
2. Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson and Windows Server 2003 Help to find a list of all OUs in the contoso.com domain, listed by their relative distin?guished name. What command did you use and what is result?
Use the dsquery ou -o rdn command to find a list of all OUs in the contoso.com domain, listed by their relative distinguished name. The command lists the N10-004 Domain Controllers, East, West, Columbus, Chicago, St. Paul, and Kansas City OUs. Results might vary on your system if addi?tional OUs have been created.
Exercise 4: Saving a Query
In this exercise, you save a query.
To save a query
1.Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to save a query for members of the Sales Department in the contoso.com domain. Name the query Sales Users. Use the description "Users in the Sales Department." Include all subcontainers in your query. What is the result? User Thirteen, User Fifteen, and User Seventeen are listed in the details pane. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
2.Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to save a query for disabled user
accounts in the contoso.com domain. Name the query Disabled Accounts. Use the
description "Disabled accounts in the contoso.com domain" Include all subcon?
tainers in your query. What is the result? The Guest, krbtgt, SUPPORT, and User Nineteen accounts are listed in the details pane. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
3.Disable the User Seventeen account. Then refresh the Disabled Accounts query.
View the Sales Users query. What is the result?
User Seventeen is included in the Disabled Accounts query. User Seventeen is shown in the Sales Users query, but it is marked with a red X as disabled.
Edit the properties of the Userl9 account that you created. In the Account tab of the Properties dialog box, select the Account Is Disabled check box in the Account Options box.
In this exercise, you find various user accounts you created in Exercise 1 by using the Find option.
To locate users using the Find option
1.On Server 1, use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to find users in the
West OU with the first name of User. What is the result?
In the Find Users, Contacts, And Groups dialog box, Windows Server 2003 displays the User Eleven, User Thirteen, User Fifteen, User Seventeen, and User Nineteen accounts. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
2.On Serverl, use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to find users in the
contoso.com domain with the first name of User. What is the result?
In the Find Users, Contacts, And Groups dialog box, Windows Server 2003 displays the User Eleven, User Thirteen, User Fifteen, User Seventeen, and User Nineteen accounts, plus the User One, User Three, User Five, User Seven, and User Nine accounts you added in Chapter 7. Results might vary on your free Microsoft practice exam questions if additional users have been created.
3.Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to find users in the contoso.com
domain with the telephone number beginning with 555. What is the result?
In the Find Users, Contacts, And Groups dialog box, Windows Server 2003 displays the User Eleven account for which you typed a telephone number of 555-1234. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
Exercise 3: Locating Users Using the Dsquery Command
In this exercise, you find various user accounts you created in Exercise 1 by using the Dsquery command.
To locate users using the Dsquery command
1. Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson and Windows Server 2003 Help to find disabled user accounts in the contoso.com domain. What command did you use and what is the result?
Use the dsquery user domainroot -disabled command to find disabled user accounts in the contoso.com domain. The command lists the Guest, the SUPPORT, the krbtgt, and the certification provider Nineteen accounts as disabled. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
2. Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson and Windows Server 2003 Help to find a list of all OUs in the contoso.com domain, listed by their relative distin?guished name. What command did you use and what is result?
Use the dsquery ou -o rdn command to find a list of all OUs in the contoso.com domain, listed by their relative distinguished name. The command lists the N10-004 Domain Controllers, East, West, Columbus, Chicago, St. Paul, and Kansas City OUs. Results might vary on your system if addi?tional OUs have been created.
Exercise 4: Saving a Query
In this exercise, you save a query.
To save a query
1.Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to save a query for members of the Sales Department in the contoso.com domain. Name the query Sales Users. Use the description "Users in the Sales Department." Include all subcontainers in your query. What is the result? User Thirteen, User Fifteen, and User Seventeen are listed in the details pane. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
2.Use the procedure provided earlier in this lesson to save a query for disabled user
accounts in the contoso.com domain. Name the query Disabled Accounts. Use the
description "Disabled accounts in the contoso.com domain" Include all subcon?
tainers in your query. What is the result? The Guest, krbtgt, SUPPORT, and User Nineteen accounts are listed in the details pane. Results might vary on your system if additional users have been created.
3.Disable the User Seventeen account. Then refresh the Disabled Accounts query.
View the Sales Users query. What is the result?
User Seventeen is included in the Disabled Accounts query. User Seventeen is shown in the Sales Users query, but it is marked with a red X as disabled.