Active Directory: How to delegate the right to unlock accounts?


This information is to provide rights to unlock accounts in a OU or domain for a user WITHOUT giving any other administrative rights. so here is how to do it?

  1. Right-click the OU or domain in Active Directory Users and Computers console and select Delegate Control from the context menu
  2. Click Next on the Welcome dialog
  3. Click Add to select the user or group and click OK
  4. Click Next
  5. Select Create a custom task to delegate and click Next
  6. Select Only the following objects in the folder. In the list, check User objects and click Next
  7. Clear the General checkbox and check the Property-specific box
  8. Check both the Read lockoutTime and Write lockoutTime boxes and press Next and Finish button.

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