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8 months ago (Nov 03, 2015 - 9:30AM)Created by: AP Andy Peisner
Email- Active Directory
I. General Guide to using Active Directory and making Email setting changes----
a)General Navigation
b) Searching for a User
c) Activating/Managing a user Profile
a) General Navigation
Shift+R-Click on the AD shortcut and select "run as a different user"
Input your adm credentials
Expand Federation.local to view all VC Folders
You will see very many Folders, but only a few will be used on a consistent basis
You Will find all DC users (excluding IT and most labor workers) under: VC Distribution
Center> Users
New User active Directory
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2. You will find ALL Store Level Employees under: VC Stores> Users
You will find Temp and Contract Employees under: VC Non Company Objects and their
appropriate folder
You will find users who Commute or Work Remotely (Mostly OPS team) under: VC Mobile>
Users
You will find all Home office users (excluding IT) under: VC Home Office>General>Users
Lastly, ALL IT employees will be found under VC Home Office>Power Users>Users (regardless
of location)
3. If you cannot find a user, deselect any folder by clicking in white space on the Folders Side
of the Window
Select Action from the top toolbar, and then Find
New Window Opens
b) Searching for a user
Search entire directory by Name or Description to find the user
R-Click on a user name to Enable account, if it was previously disabled (no one in position,
prior employee recently terminated)
Double click a user to open their AD window to make changes, In this example, we will use
the Store Manager from the WC store.
In the General tab, you can See the user's name, and Description. This information will auto
populate to the email signature.
When setting up a user, the only fields you will Change on this tab are: First name, Initials
and Last name
On the Address tab you Will see the store's Address tab. You won't have to change this
unless there is a typo
4. On the account tab you will see the username, prefix, account options and activation
expiration
User logon name- This is what you will relay the user as their login name. They do not need
to include any suffix (@naturalgrocers.com) when logging in.
User account settings can be managed from here
On the telephones tab, you will see the user's applicable numbers. There will be additional
ones for mobile users and people who list their cell #
On the Organization tab You will see more general info that populates to the users signature.
If a user changes a job title (non store user) you will update it here under Job title, and also
on the General Tab above
5. Attribute editor shows a lot of Misc info. You will generally access this tab to change an
employee # on confirm their identity with it.
Double click employeeID to change this field. Always ensure the digits equal six. (i.e.
employee number 1234 would be 001234) This is company policy
Right Click the user from the original folder view to reset a password
The required fields are: 8+ characters, an uppercase letter and a symbol
To see what groups users are apart of, check the Member of tab. These correlate to the
exchange server and how emails are distributed.
Whenever a new user it set up, always update their Information in the Store/Home Office
Directory on Sharepoint. In order to modify these tables, it has to be opened in Internet
Explorer.
6. AP
Attach files
Post Note Press alt enter to send
AUDIT
Select actions, and export to data sheet.
It will show in an excel view. Update the users info and refresh the page to save to
sharepoint
if the toolbar above is not visible, refer to the SOP for sharepoint in solution #25
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