Next W2K Active directory Question

[Ulfwald]

Ok, is there any way to build an Access Database that has a template that is easy to fill in for somone to administer an OU in W2K Active Directory.

Example Domain is acdccomputing, and one of the OUs is FTP users. I want to build a front end interface so that if Employee X who is the hiring manager can just input the information into data fields, and it wil automatically input all the information into AD and create the account.

 

[bsod1337]

Don't know much about Access, but anohter way you could go about it is to create an mmc taskpad specifically for adding users. This MS article has some info on creating taskpads.


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr.../windows2000serv/deploy/walkthru/mmcsteps.asp

 

[Saltin]

That is exactly what I was thinking. 2k already has what you want built in....the taskpad. Basically you delegate control over certain tasks to a user (eg, create user) and it builds a nice little GUI interface that allows them to easily do that. You can combine any amount of tasks into one taskpad.
Then, you just email the snap in to them and voila.
They are extremely easy to set up and use. Just do a search on the MS KB.

 

[bignick]

Well you can use taskpads, and the delegation wizard to give a group/user a specific set of rights on an individual OU. But if you really want to build an front-end, then you'll want to use ADSI (Active Directory Services Interface). It's really easy to use. I've written several ASP pages in my dev. lab for user/group control. Here's some links-

ADSI
ADSI - programming
Delegation Control Wizard

 

[Ulfwald]

Once again you folks come through for me.