You must be a department IT Pro with write privileges to an Organizational Unit (OU). These instructions assume the Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) is installed. You are also the one to reset the password if needed.

1. Navigate to Active Directory Users and Computers in your Start menu

2. Make sure you are connected to ad.uillinois.edu domain

a. Right click on Active Directory Users and Computers

b. Change domain

c. Enter ad.uillinois.edu

3. Navigate to the OU that you manage (usually within the Urbana OU)

4. Now create an account

5. Right click in right hand window- go to new- then user

6. Fill out info for account name (Names don't matter, but the User Logon Name is important)

a. Make sure to use something that cannot be used as a netid: 9 characters or more, and use a hyphen

b. Preferred naming format is to prefix the name with a departmental abbreviation, such as "ACES-WebServiceAcct"

a. Uncheck user must change password at next logon (must do for use with Skype for Business)