In this chapter, we acted smart. We decided to let our directory service step in and validate our users. If you have your directory service in order, it's just a three-step process to sync it with Openfire. The cherry on top is that Openfire will also let you migrate the users' contact information and other details, and use it to populate their profiles, as well as create groups based on the directory service information. Pre-populating groups is just a matter of mapping the intra-group relationships.
Of course, now that we have users on our network, we'll see how we can manage them efficiently, in the next chapter.