# Active Directory - User Creation

First, lets confirm we've successfully added the Employee VMs to the domain. Navigate to Windows Administrative Tools ---> Active Directory Users and Computers ---> your domain ---> Computers:

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/1UPCf7byIWA7sEMy-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/1UPCf7byIWA7sEMy-image.png)

- Here, you can see I have 4 Computers connected. Lets move on to creating a User.

Navigate to Users and right click and select New ---> User

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/l7JQQo5lnAc7dwxj-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/l7JQQo5lnAc7dwxj-image.png)

Create a User. I'll create 4 Users in the following manner:

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/R4t0PUKQuulEClHR-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/R4t0PUKQuulEClHR-image.png)

The following screen will ask you to make a password. Here, you can set initial password policies. These can be configured now, or changed later:

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/WQZ5NPNvnZEEWcc2-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/WQZ5NPNvnZEEWcc2-image.png)

For simplicity, I'm going to keep the log in credentials as follows:

- Username: Employee#
- Password: User!23

Your User Object will be created:

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/UKajFHoVD5ofxuoL-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/UKajFHoVD5ofxuoL-image.png)

My 4 Users:

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/m36TYcPjBTvung0P-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/m36TYcPjBTvung0P-image.png)

#### Test

Now, lets see if it worked! Start one of your Employee VMs and try to log in:

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/3b12p5SszlDjdfQP-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/3b12p5SszlDjdfQP-image.png)

[![image.png](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/FbUuTQL1NhkYCH9d-image.png)](https://austinhomelabs.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/FbUuTQL1NhkYCH9d-image.png)