Transcript AD User Import From SIMS.NET

AD User Import From
SIMS.NET
Version 2.2
AD User Import From SIMS.NET
Contents
 Why have such a program?
 Extracting data from SIMS.NET
 Importing users into Active Directory
 User Settings
 Password Settings
 Home Directory Settings
 Do you have a separate Admin Network?
 Conclusion
Why have such a program?
 Currently you have to export data to a CSV file from
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SIMS.NET by using SIMS
Edit the file in Excel to meet the requirements of the
program you are going to use
Run the program, set all your settings, and import
Then you need to create all your home directories and
shares
With this program you simply specify the SIMS.NET
server settings, user settings, AD location, and import!
The user accounts are created as well as home
directories (with permissions), shares (with permissions),
and all specified settings set.
Extracting data from SIMS.NET
 Specify which year you
would like to extract from
SIMS.NET
 Specify whether you
would like to only extract
new students only
 Input the server,
username, and
password for SIMS.NET
Importing users into Active
Directory
 Specify your AD server
 Specify where the new
users are to be created in
AD. Must be fully qualified
name, i.e.:
ou=students,dc=domain,dc=local
 Specify the format of the
usernames
 What to do with a conflict?
User Settings
 Specify what the display name
will be
 Enter a description, profile
path, and logon script
 Enter as many ‘member of’
groups as you wish, separated
by a semi-colon. MUST be
fully qualified names.
 Disable the new accounts?
Password Settings
 Set whether their password is their
DOB, username, or common to all,
i.e. “password”
 Specify whether the password
expires or not
 Should they change their password
at next logon to something they
choose?
 Would you like to allow them to
change their password?
NOTE
You cannot not allow them to change their
password AND change it at next logon.
Home Directory Settings
 Select whether to create the home
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directory and share
Enter the server where their home
directory will be
Enter the remote path to the parent
folder, i.e. local path = e:\users, remote path = e$\users
Select the format of the share name
Enter a description for the share
Enter the maximum users allowed to
connect to this share
Add the home directory to the user
account?
Map the home directory to a drive?
Specify the permissions for the share
and home directory
Add the user account to the share and
home directory permissions
Do you have a separate Admin
Network?
 With version 2.1+ there is now the facility to
export all the required data from SIMS.NET (on
the admin network) into a text file
 On the curriculum network, you can then import
this file and create all the user accounts, home
directories, shares, etc. This can now be done
without compromising the security of the admin
network by joining them together to get the data
from SIMS.NET
Conclusion
 No need to log into SIMS.NET to export
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any data
No need to play about with batch files
Easy to use interface
Simple procedure
Drastically reduces time to complete task
Import 200 users with home directories,
shares, and setup in less than a minute!*
* dependent on speed of the network
NOTES
This software:
 extracts data DIRECTLY from the
SIMS.NET database
 is not endorsed nor supported by Capita