Creating New Users on the ALTA Network

To create a new user on the ALTA network,

Active Directory

Log into the Active Directory Server with Remote Desktop or VMWare with admin credentials.
Go to Active Directory either on the desktop or start menu.
Go to the ALTA Users container
Right click on and copy the ALTA Template
This will bring up the Copy – User Template. This will create a new user.
Fill in the First and Last Name
Set Username in the User Login Name Field. The username must be formatted as finitiallastname. Example “jsmith”
Set a complex temporary password
After the user has been created, right mouse click on the new user.
Go to Properties
Click on the Attributes Editor tab
In the Attributes, go to the MSExchShdadowProxyAddresses Attribute.
Double-click on the entry. Add values of smtp:finitiallastname@alta.org and firstname@alta.org.
Next go to the Proxyaddresses Attribute .
Add values of SMTP:finitiallastname@alta.org and firstname@alta.org. Ensure that the primary email address has a capital SMTP.
In AD, Go to the Groups container.
The user must be added to the following groups

Microsoft 365

You must wait for the AD-Connect group to sync with Microsoft 365. Once it is synced, the new user will show up in the Users list in O365.
Next, log into the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal
Go to the Users section
Once they appear in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center User List, a 365 license must be assigned to them
Click on the user, go to License and Apps. These licenses must be assigned

Microsoft 365 Standard (gives access to the main programs for Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
Microsoft Stream (Microsoft’s internal online video streaming platform)
Microsoft Teams (standard Microsoft Teams access)
Power BI Free (in case ALTA begins to use basic web access and functions of Power BI again)
Power BI Pro (for more advanced functionality of Power BI and the desktop program)
Visio (for those that need Visio access)

Next, check for that the mailbox for the user appear in Exchange Admin Center. After setting up the licenses, it may take about 10 minutes for O365 to create the mailbox for the user.
Go to mailboxes. Find the user in the list.
Single click on the user and select the Edit icon.
Go to Email Addresses. Check to see if the addresses and aliases have moved over. If they appear.

Barracuda

The email account and any aliases must exist in the spam filter. This is in order for the account to receive email. Go to the Barracuda admin site.
Select Domains
Select Manage
Select Users -> User List
Select Add/ Update User
Enter in the primary email address of finitiallastname@alta.org.

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