Case scenario:

Delete user accounts and home directories including data

Introduction

This case discusses the project of deleting Active Directory user accounts,
and their home directories including all data. Removing the home directory
will also remove any shares (if applicable) on these home directories.

Requirements

• User Management Resource Administrator 6.0 or later


• A CSV
  formatted text file containing the username (sAMAccountName)


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Environment

The environment involves a mid-size company with 1 central domain (mycompany.com),
1 central domain controller running Windows 2003 (DC01), 1 file server running
Windows 2000 (FILESRV01) and one database server running SQL Server 2000. The
domain currently hosts 500 users. MyCompany has sold one of its development
departments to another company. This other company will hire 100 ex-MyCompany
employees.

Problem

Human Resources department has given you an Excel spreadsheet containing
the employee details such as first name, last name and also username. MyCompany
wants you to delete these user accounts from the MyCompany network so they
do not gain access to sensitive data any more. Since all data has been migrated
to the other company, all home directories and contents must be deleted.

Solution Guide

This case scenario offers the project needed to delete user accounts, all
home directories based on the username match including any data and shares
pointing to the home directory. This scenario is based on the fact that user
accounts have a home directory according to their username, for example JSmith
has a folder \\FILESRV01\Users\JSmith.

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CSV: The contents of a CSV file are similar to:

Lastname,Firstname,Location

Smith,John,Main Office

Turner,Kathy,Main Office

McBride, John,Other Office