AD-Copy a user
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When creating a user a lot of information is specified by hand - copying a user copies all details except for their username and password, this includes:
- Group memberships
- Profile paths
- Home paths (if these were specified using the %USERNAME% system variable then this is automatically adjusted to the new username)
Copying a user
- Open Active Directory Users and Computers or the administration tool you've been given.
- Find the user you wish to copy
- Right click the user and choose Copy... from the menu
- Enter the new user's name and desired logon name
- Click Next and enter a password, setting options there as relevant
- Click Next - you will be shown a summary, if all is good click Finish
- If the user home path wasn't specified using the %USERNAME% system variable you will receive an error and have to act accordingly.
The user will have been copied into the same Organisational Unit (OU) as the original user.
