Active Directory

Membership: All University owned or operated computers that are compatible with MS Active Directory (AD) and connected to the University network must join Active Directory. AD enables the application of group security policies and configuration management .

Naming: A computer naming scheme must be used to aid in identification.

Organizational Units: Computer Objects must be created and placed into Organizational Units that represent university departments.

"Managed by" field: The “managed by” field needs to be populated with the person’s name that manages the computer for the department.

Domain Administrators Group: The domain administrators group must be a member in the local administrators group.