At this point you should be able to see your domain. In our example we are using the itsmeismael domain. Go ahead and expand your domain (click the + sign).

Expand the Active Directory Domain Services (click the + sign ) section > click on Active Directory Users and Computers.

Type the name of your OU and make sure that the box is checked next to Protect container from accidental deletion. When done, click OK.

Now we need to create an Organizational Unit for a group to live in. In this example we are going to create an OU for our CSS Students. To create a new Organization Unit, right-click on your domain name, point to the New option and then select Organizational Unit.

We now have a new Organizational Unit in our Active Directory called CSS Students.

After creating an Organizational Unit in your Active Directory, you are ready to create your first group. Go ahead and select your OU and then right-click in the blank area. Next, point to New and then select Group.

The next step is to name your Group, select the group scope and then select the group type.

In this example we are going to name our group CSS User. We are also going to leave the default selections for group scope is Global, and group type is Security > click OK.

Our new group has been created!

Open Server Manager open Roles click Open Active Directory Users and expand the domain name (itsmeismael.com). Select the Organization Unit (CS Students) where you want to create the new user account.

In the empty area, right-click select New and click User. You can also rightclick the OU and click New and select User to create new user account.

New Object dialog box will open as shown below. You can fill in the user information like first name, lastname etc. As you can see below, there are two user logon names. The first User logon name also called User Principal Name (UPN) superUser@itsmeismael.com which is email like name that can be used to login to domain joined computers. Second user logon name (pre-Windows 2000) also called SamAccountName can also be used by user to login to domain-joined computers in the form itsmeismael\superUser. After entering the user details, click Next.

Enter password for the user. You can choose various options as shown below. Once you are done, click Next.

View the summary then click Finish.