1. Primary ICT Technicians Meeting 12 th June 2008 Introduction Andy Macfarlane ICT Network Manager Supporting Clanfield Junior, Meadowlands Infant, Meadowlands Junior and St John’s Primary Rowlands Castle I am also a Primary ICT Lead Professional andy.macfarlane@clanfield.hants.sch.uk

2. Agenda EdICT Net Management Console Mass User creation and deletion Remotely logging on to server Roaming Profiles overview Active Directory Group Policy Editor

3. EdICT Net Management Console This is a graphical interface to control your network Supervisor admin console or http://officeserver:8099/

4. Mass User Creation or Deletion Mass Creation Add Intake Year Create a CSV file containing user names Import the file (Mass User Intake) Mass Deletion Delete a whole year group (Mass User Delete) Delete Group

5. Remotely Logging on to server The server or any work station can be accessed using ‘Remote Desktop Connection’ Start> All Programmes> Accessories> Communication Type the machine name 2040DC01 and then log on You can also access any folder or file on your network Start > Run Type the machine name with 2 back slashes \\2040DC01 \\2040DC01 You can also access hard drive by adding \C$

6. Active Directory This is the brains behind a Microsoft Sever 2003 Network. Controls how user log on Controls how computers log on Controls how security groups are deployed Controls how group policy is deployed Controls how software is deployed