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Active Directory Cookbook: Computers

Overview As far as Active Directory is concerned, computers are very similar to users. In fact, computer objects inherit directly from the user object class, which is used to represent user accounts. That means that computer objects possess all of the attributes of user objects and then some. Computers need to be represented in Active Directory for many of the same reasons users do, including the need to access resources securely, utilize GPOs, and have permissions assigned to them. To participate in a domain, computers need a secure channel to a domain controller. A secure channel is an authenticated connection that can transmit encrypted data. To set up the secure channel, a computer must present a password to a domain controller.

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Oct 10, 2007
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Directory Services, Programming Languages, Security Management

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