Users and groups in Windows Server are an essential part for accessing and controlling the information that is worked there, therefore there are different types of users each with a specific level of permissions..
Windows Server will soon launch its 2022 version with which users and groups continue to be a fundamental pillar in server administration, that is why TechnoWikis will explain how to create users and groups there in Windows Server 2022.
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1. Create users and groups in Windows Server 2022 without domain (local)
This process applies when Windows Server 2022 does not yet have a domain controller, in this case the users will be local.
Step 1
To create users and groups with this means we right click on the Start menu and select "Computer Management":
Step 2
Let's go to the section "Local Users and Groups":
Step 3
We can see the two options there, we access each one to see its default content:
Step 4
To create the user we go to the Users folder, right click and select "New user":
Step 5
Register the user's data and configure the password section:
We can set some of the options for the password..
Step 6
Click Create and the user will be created locally:
Step 7
We can access the user properties for its configuration:
Step 8
There we will see the following:
Step 9
We have several tabs to edit the configuration, the new user can be added to a new group, in the "Member of" tab, click "Add":
Step 10
In the pop-up window we enter the name of the group:
Step 11
Click OK to add this group to the user's profile:
We apply the changes.
Step 12
Now to create a group, we will go to the Groups folder, right click and select "New Group":
Step 13
We enter the group data:
Step 14
In "Add" you can add user if we wish:
Step 15
Click OK to apply the changes.
Step 16
Click Create to complete the process.
Step 17
We validate that the user is in that new group:
Step 18
We close session and log in with the user created to validate its operation:
Step 19
We start the session:
Step 20
We can see that its state is normal.
2. Create users and groups in Windows Server 2022 with domain (Active Directory)
Step 1
This option applies when the domain has already been created in Windows Server 2022, we go to the Server Manager and then select "Tools - Active Directory Users and Computers":
Step 2
In the displayed window we go to the "Users" section and there are hosted both the groups and the domain users:
Step 3
We can create a user or group from the top menu or right click and select "New - User":
Step 4
Enter the username and password:
Step 5
We can see how with the domain the structure is different since it is required to enter the user name, we click on next to set the password:
Step 6
We establish the parameters and in the next window we see the summary:
Step 7
We click Finish to apply the changes.
Step 8
We access the user's properties to edit the permissions or data:
Step 9
Let's go to "Members of" to see the following:
Step 10
Click Add to add the user to a group:
Step 11
We select the group and add it:
Click Apply and OK to save the changes..
Step 12
Now we right click and select "New - Group":
Step 13
We enter the name of the group and its respective type and scope:
Step 14
We can see the different options for types and scopes, click OK to create the group:
Step 15
We can add users by clicking Add:
Step 16
We select the user:
Step 17
Click OK and we will see it added:
These are the two options we have to create users and groups in Windows Server 2022.