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How to delete user account in Windows Server 2012 R2- Domain Controller 1. Follow steps 1 to 3 from the create user in Windows Server section. 2. Select the user that you want to delete. Right click the object and select “Delete”. 3. A pop-up window will open ask the confirmation to delete the account. Click on Yes if you want to process with user account deletion. In this post we only talked about the GUI mode to create and delete an account but you can also manage users from command prompt and PowerShell command.

User IDs are like the logon accounts that we create, in domain environment logon accounts are created on Domain Controller and in Workgroup accounts are created on local machines. Logon account created on Domain Controller can be used to logon to any computer that is part of the same domain. However User account created on workgroup machine can be used to logon to same machine, on which it is created and cannot be used to logon to any other machine. 1. Click on Start button and click on Administrative Tools.       2. From “Administrative Tools” select “Active Directory Users and Computers”. 3. In the console we’ll see all the Containers and Organizational Units. Select Users, it will show all the default users and groups that are created by default. 4. Right click on Users container. Select New, click on User. 5. New Object console will open. Type First name, Last name, Full name and logon name. Logon name is very important, it will be used...

User accounts are subject to the security settings that have been defined in Group Policy.  One of the most common settings related to user account password is that the account should be locked out after predefined failed login attempts.  This occurs when a user has forgotten her password and makes several consecutive attempts, guessing wrong each time or another user try to hack the user password by trying different sets of passwords. To unlock a locked account,  1. open the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in, 2. Right click the user object and select Properties from the context menu.  3. In the user Properties dialog box, select the Account tab and uncheck the Account Is Locked Out check box. (To open Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in (DSA.MSC), select Start > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers or type DSA.MSC in the run dialog box and hit enter)           ...