Managing Windows Local Users

• Name the Configuration
• Define Configuration
• Define Target
• Deploy Configuration

The User Management configurations in Endpoint Central provides the convenience of adding, modifying, or deleting local users from the computers. This is especially useful when your are in the process of onboarding employees into your organization and you need to provision devices to these new users. You can create any number of user profiles and deploy them to your target machines. Even in the scenario where an employee is leaving your organization, Endpoint Central can aid by deleting that user profile from their machine.

Step 1: Name the Configuration

Provide a name and description for the User Management Configuration.

Step 2: Define Configuration

You can perform the following actions:

• Add User
• Change Password
• Remove User
• Modify User

Add User

To add an user to the computer, select the Add User link from the Choose User Action table andspecify the following:

Parameter	Description
Advanced Settings
User Profile
User Name	The user name for the user to be created.
Full Name	The full name of the user.
Description	The description for this user.
Password	The password for this user.
Confirm Password	Confirm the password again.
Overwrite if user already exist	Select this option to overwrite the user, if one with the same name exists.
User Must change password at next logon	Specify whether the user has to change the password during the next logon or not.
User Cannot Change Password	Specify whether the user can change the password or not.
Password Never Expires	Specify whether the password should expire or not.
Account is Disabled	Specify whether the user account should be disabled or not.
Member of	Specify the groups in which this user account is a member.
Logon Script	Specify the logon script that has to be executed during the user logon.
Profile Path	Specify the path where the user profiles has to be stored.
Local Path	Specify a local path as the home folder. For example, c:\users\johnsmith.
Connect Map To	If the user's home folder has to be stored in a network directory, select the drive letter in the Connect Map and specify the network path in the To field.

If you wish to add more users or to perform another action, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.

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Change Password

To change the user password, select the Change Password link from the Choose User Action table andspecify the following:

Parameter	Description
User Name	The user name of the user whose password has to be changed.
Password	Type the new password.
Confirm Password	Re-type the password to confirm.

If you wish to continue adding more actions, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.

Remove User

To remove an user from the computer, select the Remove User link from the Choose User Action table andspecify the user to be removed.

If you wish to remove more users or to perform another action, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.

Modify User

To modify an user, select the Modify User link from the Choose User Action table andspecify the following:

Parameter	Description
Advanced Settings
User Profile
User Name	The user name of the user to be modified.
Full Name	The full name of the user.
Description	The description for this user.
User Must change password at next logon	Specify whether the user has to change the password during the next logon or not.
User Cannot Change Password	Specify whether the user can change the password or not.
Password Never Expires	Specify whether the password should expire or not.
Account is Disabled	Specify whether the user account should be disabled or not.
Account is Locked	Specify whether the user account should be locked or not.
Member of	Specify the groups in which this user account is a member.
Logon Script	Specify the logon script that has to be executed during the user logon.
Profile Path	Specify the path where the user profiles has to be stored.
Local Path	Specify a local path as the home folder. For example, c:\users\johnsmith.
Connect Map To	If the user's home folder has to be stored in a network directory, select the drive letter in the Connect Map and specify the network path in the To field.

If you wish to modify more users or to perform another action, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.

To modify a setting from the List of Settings table, select the appropriate row and click icon and change the required values.

To delete a setting from the List of Settings table, select the appropriate row and click icon.

Step 3: Define Target

Using  the Defining Targets procedure, define the targets for deploying the User Management Configuration.

Step 4: Deploy Configuration

Click the Deploy button to deploy the defined User Management Configuration in the targets defined. The configuration will take effect during the next system startup.

To save the configuration as draft, click Save as Draft.

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