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# Create AD account for iRedMail
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## Summary
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With iRedMail (ad backend), we need two accounts, admin account with all privileges, low-privileged account with read-only privilege.
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In this tutorial, we will show you how to create account in AD, with strong and complex password.
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- low-privileged account `vmail`.
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- admin account `vmailadmin`.
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This tutorial has been tested on:
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- Windows Server 2012
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If it works for you on different Windows Server version, please let us know.
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## Create low-privileged account.
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- Click `Start` on bottom-left corner of your Windows OS, click `Server Manager`.
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![](./images/ad/start-server-manager.png)
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- Click `Tools` on top-right corner, click `Active Directory Domains and Trusts`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_1.png)
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- Right click your AD domain, here is `iredmail.org`, then click `Manage`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_2.png)
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- At the new windows, right click `Users` --> `New` --> `User`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_3.png)
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- Input `vmail` account info, click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_1.png)
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- Input `vmail` account passowrd, and select `Password never expires`, click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_2.png)
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- Click `Finish` to confirm.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_3.png)
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- Now account `vmail` has created, we will set read-only permission for `vmail`, right click your AD domian here is `iredmail.org`, and select `Delegate Control...`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_4.png)
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- Click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_5.png)
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- Click `Add`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_6.png)
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- Input read-only account `vmail`, and click `Ok`.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_4.png)
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- Click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_5.png)
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- Select `"Read all user information"`, click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_6.png)
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- Click `Finish` to confirm.
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![](./images/ad/read_only_account_7.png)
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- Low-privileged account `vmail` created.
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## Create admin account.
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- Click `Start` on bottom-left corner of your Windows OS, click `Server Manager`.
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![](./images/ad/start-server-manager.png)
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- Click `Tools` on top-right corner, click `Active Directory Domains and Trusts`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_1.png)
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- Right click your AD domain, here is `iredmail.org`, then click `Manage`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_2.png)
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- At the new windows, right click `Users` --> `New` --> `User`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_3.png)
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- Input `vmailadmin` account info, click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_1.png)
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- Input `vmailadmin` account passowrd, and select `Password never expires`, click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_2.png)
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- Click `Finish` to confirm.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_3.png)
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- Now account `vmailadmin` has created, we will set read-only permission for `vmail`, right click your AD domian here is `iredmail.org`, and select `Delegate Control...`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_4.png)
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- Click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_5.png)
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- Click `Add`.
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![](./images/ad/create_ad_account_6.png)
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- Input admin account `vmailadmin`, and click `Ok`.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_4.png)
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- Click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_5.png)
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- Select `"Create,delete, and manage user accounts"`, `"Reset user passowords and force password change at next logon"`, `"Read all user information"`, click `Next`.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_6.png)
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- Click `Finish` to confirm.
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![](./images/ad/admin_account_7.png)
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- Low-privileged account `vmailadmin` created.
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