Many systems administrators in large organizations spend most of their time with user and group management tasks. Although managing groups is generally a simple task to accomplish with Microsoft-provided tools, creating user accounts isn't. Typically, issuing an account to an end user involves many steps. In addition to creating an object in the namespace, you often need to create a home directory and corresponding share, then apply permissions in the file system. In addition, you often must grant group membership to a new user account so that the user can immediately gain access to shared resources.

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