Adding a user to Active Directory on a Windows server - Tutorial

 How to add a user to an Active Directory (AD) in Active Directory Users and Computers on a Windows Server

This guide will show you through the process of adding a user to an Active Directory, whether you need this for a home project or for work, it's here to help.

First off, what is Active Directory and why would I want to use it? Active Directory is in layman's terms a piece of software that lets you take control over your users. You can create users, limit them to certain folders, but you could also grant them access to things like file-shares and folders. It's pretty useful and it is also being used heavily in the enterprise environment.

Setting up a user in Active Directory Users and Computers

It is normal to create Organizational Units (OUs) for every group in the company, an example of an OU structure could be: Employees > IT > Administration, and inside administration is where you could put the Domain Administrators.

Having a nice structured overview of who is where, is a good practice. That way you won't struggle finding a user if you forgot their name but know where they work.

Let's get into setting it up. Click your Windows-button and head to Windows Administrative Tools:

Inside there, find "Active Directory Users and Computers":

Once it opens you can already create a User:

So if that's all you wanted to do, then you can go through the configuration of the user and you're done. If you want to create a structure, you just create Organizational Units to your liking.