Adding Accounts to or Removing Accounts from Groups in Your Organizational Unit in Central Services

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Difficulty: Medium

Time to Complete (minutes): 8

Last Updated: Mar 01, 2007

Question:

How do I add accounts to or remove accounts from groups I have created in my OU in Central Services?

Answer:

Note: You must be the administrator of your OU in Central Services in order to add accounts to or remove accounts from your groups.

Add an account to a group:
1. Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
  Notes:
  - This was sent to you via e-mail upon creation of your Central Services OU.
  - The MMC icon looks like a hammer and is labeled with your department name.
  - When the console loads, there will be two panes. The pane on the left contains a tree view directory for your OU, and the right pane contains the computer, user, or group accounts in your OU.
2. Double-click the group to which you want to add a user account.
3. Select the Members tab.
4. Click the Add button.
5. Access and select the domain.
  1. Access the location list.
    - In Windows XP, click the Location button.
    - In Windows 2000, click the Look In drop-down list.
  2. Select the domain.
    - If you are adding a Hokies account, select w2k.vt.edu.
    - If you are adding a Central Services account, select cntrlsrvs.w2k.vt.edu.
6. Click OK.
7. In the text box at the bottom, type the user account name(s):
  Note: To add multiple accounts at the same time, separate each user account name with a semi-colon (;).
  - For Hokies accounts, type: [Hokies ID]
    Note: Replace [Hokies ID] with the person's Hokies user account name.
  - For Central Services accounts, type the user account name.
    Note: Typically, the user account name will be the person's Virginia Tech PID.
8. Click OK.
9. In the [Group] Properties window, click OK.
  Notes:
  - [Group] will contain the name of your particular group.
  - You should now see the user account listed in the Members section.
Remove an account from a group:
1. Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
  Notes:
  - This was sent to you via e-mail upon creation of your Central Services OU.
  - The MMC icon looks like a hammer and is labeled with your department name.
  - When the console loads, there will be two panes. The pane on the left contains a tree view directory for your OU, and the right pane contains the computer, user, or group accounts in your OU.
2. Double-click the group from which you want to remove a user account.
3. Select the Members tab.
4. Select the user account you want to remove.
5. Click the Remove button.
6. Click the Yes button.
7. Click OK.