AD objects
Active Directory Computer Delegation tab
The general tab When a computer is trusted for delegation it means that any services running on the local system can request services from other servers on behalf of the user. Do not trust this computer for delegation – specifies that no delegation ...
Active Directory Computer Objects Management
A computer object in AD is used to model a real computer in an organizational network environment. Say for example, I bought a new computer machine -01 in my organization, and want to allow people to access various organizational resources through ...
Manage objects of a group in Active Directory
To add objects to groups in AD Open ADUC and right click on the object you intend to add to the group From the shortcut menu that pops choose the option “add to a group” Type the name of the group in the “select groups” dialogue box that appears ...
AD Group object properties – Member and MemberOf tab
Members tab The Members tab displays the name of all users and groups that are members of the group. The add buttons and remove buttons can be used to add or remove users or groups from this list. MemberOf tab The MemberOf tab displays all the groups ...
Active Directory User properties – Sessions tab
The sessions tab of the user properties window allows you to configure the timeout and reconnection settings for a user. End a disconnected session – Allows you to configure the duration after which a disconnected session should be ended.Active ...
Active Directory User properties – Remote control tab
The remote control tab of the user properties window allows you to configure settings to remotely interact with or observe a user’s session. Enable remote control check box – selecting this option allows the user himself or other authoritative users ...
Active Directory User properties – Member Of tab
The names of the groups to which a user belongs can be seen in the Member Of tab of the user properties window (The user can also be added to new groups or removed from the ones he belongs to by using this tab). The Values (or group names) are stored ...
Active Directory User properties -Telephone tab
The telephone tab of the user properties window allows you to add detailed telephone contacts for the user. Label LDAP Name Example as in the figure Home home Phone 06202123 Pager pager 89765412 Mobile mobile 01278564 Fax facsimileTelephoneNumber ...
Active Directory User properties – Account tab
The account tab of the user properties window allows you to configure the user account specific details such as the name with which he can log on, the machines in the network he can log on to, account access durations in weekdays or hours ,password ...
Active Directory User properties – General tab
The general tab of the user properties window allows you to configure the basic details such as name and contact details for a user. The values for the name fields are very important as they make up the value for mandatory attribute cn. (The ...
Active Directory Group Objects Management
As the self-explanatory name suggests, this object is meant to represent a group. In AD, a group is an object which can contain a collection of users, or computers, or contacts, or even other groups as members .It simplifies administrative burden. ...
Authenticating and authorizing objects in AD
When it comes to resource sharing, the first thought is to provide access only to those who require and to the level they require it. This is where security principal objects play a crucial role, in that they can be “authenticated” and “authorized” ...
Object permissions in Active Directory
Permission in AD are privileges granted to users or groups to perform certain operations on objects. Permissions are usually granted by object owners or administrators. Users and groups are assigned permissions (to read, write, create child objects ...
Creating objects in Active Directory
You can create objects in Active Directory by using the Active directory users and computers console. Start -> Administrators tools -> Active Directory users and computers. On the Active Directory users and computers console, right click on the ...
Active Directory Object attributes
All AD objects have attributes that take unique or multiple values , these values describe the object characteristics. For example a user object in Active directory will have attributes such as his first name, second name, Manager name etc. The ...
AD Group object properties – General tab
In the general tab you can modify the name of the group, add a small description about the group, add an email id that addresses the group and also convert group scope if necessary.
AD computer object security tab
The security tab of the computer properties window allows you to configure access permissions on the computer object. The security tab allows you to grant or deny permissions to other groups and users over the computer object. In the “group or user ...
Active Directory Computer Objects Tabs
The general tab Some properties are assigned to a computer automatically once it’s joined to a domain, such as DNS name, Computer name, and Role etc. Even the administrator himself cannot change these properties. In the description box you can add a ...
Nested Groups in Active Directory
You can make one group a member of another by using nesting of groups in Active Directory. Group Members can be Universal groups User accounts, computer accounts, global groups and other universal groups Global groups User accounts, computer accounts ...
AD Group object properties – Security tab
The security tab of the group properties window is of high importance because it allows you to configure access permissions on the group object. The security tab allows you to grant or deny permissions to other groups and users over the group object. ...
Active Directory User properties – Environment tab
The environment tab of the user properties window is used to configure the startup environment for the remote desktop services. 1) In the “starting program” section you can configure what program you would like to run on startup and where while ...
Active Directory User properties – Security tab
The security tab of the computer properties window allows you to configure access permissions on the user object. The security tab allows you to grant or deny permissions to other groups and users over the user object. In the “group or user names” ...
Active Directory User properties – Organization tab
The organization tab of the user properties window allows you to add organization specific user details such as his company, department, designation, managers, subordinates etc. Label LDAP Name Example as in the figure Title title Business analyst ...
Active Directory User properties – Profile tab
The profile tab of the user properties window allows you to configure user profile, logon scripts and home folder details for the user object. It is very useful when you have to allow your user access the same environment and data irrespective of the ...
Active Directory User properties – Address tab
The address tab of the user properties window allows you to configure a set of attributes that describe the user’s physical location for contact purposes. Label LDAP Name Example as in the figure Street streetAddress park street P.O.box postOfficeBox ...
Active Directory Computer Delegation
The general tab When a computer is trusted for delegation it means that any services running on the local system can request services from other servers on behalf of the user. Do not trust this computer for delegation – specifies that no delegation ...
Active Directory User objects
A user object in AD is used to represent a real user in an organizational network environment. Say for example Joshua is a new employee in my organization, and I need to allow him accesses to various resources of the organization. All I have to do to ...
Locating Objects in Active Directory
Objects in AD can be traced using two methods. 1. The DSquery command line tool 2. The Find dialogue box in ADUC console DSquery is a directory service search command-line tool. It can be used with appropriate parameters to search objects in Active ...
Ownership of objects in Active Directory
The user who creates the object is by default the owner and administrator of the object. He can delegate administrative rights to another user for ease of management .Administrative rights can be delegated by using the delegation control wizard in ...
Active Directory Object Class
An object class is a component of Active Directory schema which defines the “type” for an object or in other words it defines the set of mandatory and optional attributes an object can have. Say for example when a new user object is being created, it ...
AD object classification
Active directory objects can be classified into two broad types. 1. Security principal objects 2. Resources Security principal objects The objects that can be authenticated by AD are called security principal objects. These objects have unique ...