Manage User Accounts

Applies To: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

The Users page of the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Dashboard centralizes information and tasks that help you manage the user accounts on your network. For an overview about the Users Dashboard, see the topic Managing user accounts in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.

Managing user accounts

This section provides quick access to procedures and other information that describe how to use the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Dashboard to manage the user accounts on the server.

• Understanding user accounts

• Add a user account

• View user accounts

• Change the display name for a user account

• Deactivate a user account

• Activate a user account

• Remove a user account

• Using the guest account

• Managing domain users in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

Managing password policies, passwords and user access

This section provides quick access to procedures and other information that describe how to use the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Dashboard to manage user account passwords and user access to the shared folders on the server.

• Reset the password for a user account

• What should I know about password policies?

• Change the password policy

• What level of access to shared folders should I allow?