The User Management configurations in Endpoint Central provides the convenience of adding, modifying, or deleting local users from the computers. This is especially useful when your are in the process of onboarding employees into your organization and you need to provision devices to these new users. You can create any number of user profiles and deploy them to your target machines. Even in the scenario where an employee is leaving your organization, Endpoint Central can aid by deleting that user profile from their machine.
Provide a name and description for the User Management Configuration.
You can perform the following actions:
Add User
To add an user to the computer, select the Add User link from the Choose User Action table and specify the following:
Parameter
Description
User Name
The user name for the user to be created.
Full Name
The full name of the user.
Description
The description for this user.
Password
The password for this user.
Confirm Password
Confirm the password again.
Overwrite if user already exist
Select this option to overwrite the user, if one with the same name exists.
Advanced Settings
User Must change password at next logon
Specify whether the user has to change the password during the next logon or not.
User Cannot Change Password
Specify whether the user can change the password or not.
Password Never Expires
Specify whether the password should expire or not.
Account is Disabled
Specify whether the user account should be disabled or not.
User Profile
Member of
Specify the groups in which this user account is a member.
Logon Script
Specify the logon script that has to be executed during the user logon.
Profile Path
Specify the path where the user profiles has to be stored.
Local Path
Specify a local path as the home folder. For example, c:\users\johnsmith.
Connect Map To
If the user's home folder has to be stored in a network directory, select the drive letter in the Connect Map and specify the network path in the To field.
If you wish to add more users or to perform another action, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.
Change Password
To change the user password, select the Change Password link from the Choose User Action table and specify the following:
Parameter
Description
User Name
The user name of the user whose password has to be changed.
Password
Type the new password.
Confirm Password
Re-type the password to confirm.
If you wish to continue adding more actions, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.
Remove User
To remove an user from the computer, select the Remove User link from the Choose User Action table and specify the user to be removed.
If you wish to remove more users or to perform another action, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.
Modify User
To modify an user, select the Modify User link from the Choose User Action table and specify the following:
Parameter
Description
User Name
The user name of the user to be modified.
Full Name
The full name of the user.
Description
The description for this user.
Advanced Settings
User Must change password at next logon
Specify whether the user has to change the password during the next logon or not.
User Cannot Change Password
Specify whether the user can change the password or not.
Password Never Expires
Specify whether the password should expire or not.
Account is Disabled
Specify whether the user account should be disabled or not.
Account is Locked
Specify whether the user account should be locked or not.
User Profile
Member of
Specify the groups in which this user account is a member.
Logon Script
Specify the logon script that has to be executed during the user logon.
Profile Path
Specify the path where the user profiles has to be stored.
Local Path
Specify a local path as the home folder. For example, c:\users\johnsmith.
Connect Map To
If the user's home folder has to be stored in a network directory, select the drive letter in the Connect Map and specify the network path in the To field.
If you wish to modify more users or to perform another action, click Add More Action button and continue. The values gets added to the List of Settings table.
To modify a setting from the List of Settings table, select the appropriate row and click 
icon and change the required values.
To delete a setting from the List of Settings table, select the appropriate row and click 
icon.
Using the Defining Targets procedure, define the targets for deploying the User Management Configuration.
Click the Deploy button to deploy the defined User Management Configuration in the targets defined. The configuration will take effect during the next system startup.
To save the configuration as draft, click Save as Draft.
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