In this topic, you create a reseller organization (ConsolidatedMessenger) and an admin for that organization.

First you use the provtest.exe utility to pass the request to create the reseller organization to the Microsoft Provisioning System (MPS) server.

Then, this topic describes one way to create the reseller organization admin. A reseller organization admin has the rights to add customers and services within its organization. It can also create and manage objects (such as users) within the reseller organization and its subordinate customer organizations.

Tasks

  1. Create a Reseller Organization Using Provtest
  2. Verify the Creation of the Reseller Organization
  3. Create a Reseller Organization Admin by Using Provtest
  4. Verify the Creation of the Reseller Organization Admin

Create a Reseller Organization Using Provtest

Edit the CreateResellerOrganization.xml file to match your environment before using the provtest utility to pass it to the MPS server.

Procedure RUN.12: To create a reseller organization by using Provtest

  1. On MPS01, clear the read-only attribute for the file <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Active Directory\CreateResellerOrganization.xml

  2. Edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Active Directory\CreateResellerOrganization.xml

  3. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  4. Edit the reseller name and description elements as appropriate, for example:

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    <name>ConsolidatedMessenger</name>
<description>Hosted E-mail account ConsolidatedMessenger reseller</description>

  5. Save the edited file.

  6. Open the command prompt and go to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Active Directory\ directory.

  7. Run the following command:

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    provtest CreateResellerOrganization.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Verify the Creation of the Reseller Organization

Verify that the ConsolidatedMessenger reseller organization was created by locating its OU and groups in Active Directory.

Procedure RUN.13: To verify the creation of the reseller organization

  1. On AD01, run the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC.

  2. Navigate to fabrikam.com\Hosting.

  3. Verify that you see the ConsolidatedMessenger OU. The OU should contain two global security groups, Admins@ConsolidatedMessenger and CSRAdmins@ConsolidatedMessenger.

Create a Reseller Organization Admin by Using Provtest

Create the reseller organization admin by editing the CreateResellerOrganizationAdmin.xml file and passing this file to the MPS server using provtest.

Procedure RUN.14: To create a reseller organization admin by using Provtest

  1. On MPS01, clear the read-only attribute for the file <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Active Directory\CreateResellerOrganizationAdmin.xml

  2. Edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Active Directory\CreateResellerOrganizationAdmin.xml

  3. If necessary, modify the following elements to match the values below:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController> 
<container>LDAP://OU=ConsolidatedMessenger,OU=Hosting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=Com</container> 
<userPrincipalName>admin@ConsolidatedMessenger.com</userPrincipalName> 
<displayName>Admin</displayName> 
<newPassword do-not-log="1">Pass1word</newPassword> 
<isAdmin>1</isAdmin>

  4. Save the edited file.

  5. Open the command prompt and go to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Hosted Active Directory\ directory.

  6. Run the following command:

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    provtest CreateResellerOrganizationAdmin.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Verify the Creation of the Reseller Organization Admin

Verify that your reseller organization admin was created by locating the user account in Active Directory.

Procedure RUN.15: To verify the creation of the Reseller Organization Admin

  1. On AD01, run the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC.

  2. Navigate to fabrikam.com\Hosting\ConsolidatedMessenger.

  3. Verify that you see the new user admin@ConsolidatedMessenger.com. This user should be a member of the Admins@ConsolidatedMessenger global security group.

    Note:
    You may need to press F5 to refresh the view.