In this topic, you create an Internet Information Worker (IIW) reseller organization (Contoso) and an admin for that organization.

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

Tasks

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

Create an IIW Reseller Organization by Using Provtest

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

Procedure RUN.40: 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\CreateIIWReseller_request.xml

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

  3. Edit the <> 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>Contoso</name>
<description> Reseller for Internet Information Worker services </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 CreateIIWReseller_request.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Verify the Creation of the IIW Reseller Organization

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

Procedure RUN.41: 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 Contoso OU. The OU should contain two global security groups, Admins@Contoso and CSRAdmins@Contoso.

Create an IIW Reseller Organization Admin by Using Provtest

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

Procedure RUN.42: To create an IIW 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=Contoso,OU=Hosting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=Com</container> 
<userPrincipalName>admin@Contoso.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 IIW Reseller Organization Admin

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

Procedure RUN.43: To verify the creation of the IIW Reseller Organization Admin

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

  2. Navigate to fabrikam.com\Hosting\Contoso

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

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