Introduction
Getting Started
Starting the Active Roles console
User Interface overview
View mode
Using Managed Units
Setting up filter
Finding objects
User or Service Account Management
Steps for searching for a user, contact, or group
Steps for searching for a computer
Steps for searching for an Organizational Unit
Steps for using advanced search options
Steps for building a custom search
LDAP syntax
Getting policy-related information
About user accounts
User account management tasks
Group Management
Creating a user account
Finding a user account
Copying a user account
Modifying user account properties
Renaming a user account
Disabling and enabling a user account
Resetting user password
Adding user accounts to groups
Removing a user account from groups
Changing a user’s primary group
Performing Exchange tasks on a user account
Moving user accounts
Exporting and importing user accounts
Deleting user accounts
Deprovisioning a user account
Restoring a deprovisioned user account
Managing user certificates
Management of group Managed Service Accounts
About groups
Group management tasks
Computer Account Management
Creating a group
Finding a group
Copying a group
Modifying group properties
Changing group type and group scope
Renaming a group
Assigning a manager over a group
Adding members to a group
Removing members from a group
Performing Exchange tasks on a group
Moving groups
Exporting and importing groups
Deleting groups
Deprovisioning groups
Restoring deprovisioned groups
Administering query-based distribution groups
Administering dynamic (rule-based) groups
Using temporal group memberships
About computer accounts
Computer account management tasks
Organizational Unit Management
Creating a computer account
Finding a computer account
Modifying computer account properties
Disabling and enabling a computer account
Resetting a computer account
Adding computer accounts to groups
Removing a computer account from groups
Moving computer accounts
Exporting and importing computer accounts
Deleting computer accounts
Managing a remote computer
Using Remote Desktop Connection
Viewing BitLocker recovery passwords
About Organizational Units
Organizational Unit management tasks
Management of Contacts
Management of Exchange Recipients
Creating an Exchange mailbox
Steps for creating a user mailbox
Steps for creating a room or equipment Mailbox
Steps for creating a linked mailbox
Steps for creating a shared mailbox
Performing Exchange tasks
Managing Exchange-related properties
Exchange General tab
Exchange Advanced tab
E-mail Addresses tab
Mail Flow Settings tab
Mailbox Settings tab
Mailbox Features tab
Calendar Settings tab
Resource Information tab
Master Account tab
Mailbox Sharing tab
Managing Unified Messaging users
Steps for searching for an Organizational Unit
To search for an Organizational Unit
- On the Action menu, click Find to display the Find window.
- In the Find box, click Organizational Units.
- In the In box, select the domain, container or Managed Unit you want to search, or click Browse to locate a domain, container or Managed Unit.
- In the Name box, type the name (or a part of the name) of the Organizational Unit you want to find.
- Click Find Now to start your search.
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Steps for using advanced search options
To use advanced search options
- On the Action menu, click Find to display the Find window.
- In the Find box, click the kind of object for which you want to search.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Click the Field button, and select the object property you want to query.
- In Condition, click the condition for your search, and then, in Value, type a property value, in order to find the objects that have the object property matching the condition-value pair you have specified.
- Click Add to add this search condition to your search.
- Repeat steps 4 through 6 until you have added all of the desired search conditions.
- Click one of the following:
- If you want to find the objects that meet all of the conditions specified, click AND.
- If you want to find the objects that meet any of the conditions specified, click OR.
- Click Find Now to start your search. The found objects are displayed at the bottom of the window.
Steps for building a custom search
To build a custom search
- On the Action menu, click Find to display the Find window.
- In the Find box, click Custom Search.
- In the In box, select the domain, container or Managed Unit you want to search, or click Browse to locate a domain, container or Managed Unit.
- Do one of the following:
- On the Custom Search tab, follow Steps 4-9 of the procedure outlined in Steps for using advanced search options.
- On the Advanced tab, specify a search filter using LDAP syntax.
- Click Find Now to start your search.
LDAP syntax
Search filters enable you to define search criteria and provide more efficient and effective searches. The search filters are represented by Unicode strings.
The Active Roles console supports the standard LDAP search filters as defined in RFC2254.
The following table lists some examples of standard LDAP search filters.
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All objects |
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All user objects but "andy" |
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All objects with a surname that starts with "sm" |
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All contacts with a surname equal to "Smith" or "Johnson" |