HomeLab: Creating a domain account and users.
In a previous article we saw how to create a domain controller, now let's create domain users.
Let's click on Start and then Server Manager.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-57.png)
Go to Tools and then to Active Directory Users and Computers.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-58.png)
Click on the domain (netplatz) and then go to users and right-click User.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-60.png)
Provide the details and a logon name and click next.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-61.png)
Provide a secure password
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-62.png)
and once you click next the domain user will be created.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-63.png)
So, since the target is to use these users for SQL Server, lets create a couple more.
One for the instance,
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-64.png)
and another one for the agent.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2021/09/image-65.png)
And as shown below, all users were created successfully.
![](https://blog.dbplatz.com/content/images/2022/01/image.png)
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