I am trying to create an optimal user template in AD for creating new users on the fly. I've created the user and have modified some of the AD schema attributes so that they copy when duplicating a user. There is a checkbox for each attribute in AD that needs to be checked in order for it to be copied when duplicating/copying a user in AD. There are many attributes that do not copy over. For the most part, I've found all the attributes and checked the box for them. Here is a video I found that helped me learn what I know about modifiying AD attributes:
http://revver.com/video/821608/windows-2003-create-a-template-user-and-modify-schema-to-control-copied-attributes/However, there are still a couple that I cannot find in the AD Schema. They are as follows:
- checkbox to enable enhanced presence on the 'Communications' tab, in the 'User Options' (we are using OCS 2007 with Communicator 2007 for internal Instant Messaging)
- the Communicator sign-in name. I have gotten the field to copy, but I would like it to automatically copy their unique username into this field so I do not have to enter it manually. Currently I have "sip: username" in that field and it copies over after duplicating the user, however I have to manually erase "username" and fill in the new users ID.
- the Terminal Services User Profile Path. I cannot find this in the attributes and cannot get it to copy over when duplicating a user. I would like it to follow this guideline: \\servername\path\%usernam
e% so that it also plugs in the users' unique ID.
- the Terminal Services Home Folder Local path. Cannot find this in the AD Schema in order to get this field to copy over
If I could get these few issues addressed, we'd be happy campers when it comes to new user creation. It will make our new user process a bit easier on us. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks
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