Windows 2008 domain groups

When a member of the Guests group signs out, the entire profile is deleted. This implies that a guest must use a temporary profile to sign in to the system. This security group interacts with the Group Policy setting Do not logon users with temporary profiles when it is enabled. This setting is located under the following path:. A Guest account is a default member of the Guests security group.

People who do not have an actual account in the domain can use the Guest account. A user whose account is disabled but not deleted can also use the Guest account. The Guest account does not require a password. You can set rights and permissions for the Guest account as in any user account.

By default, the Guest account is a member of the built-in Guests group and the Domain Guests global group, which allows a user to sign in to a domain.

The Guest account is disabled by default, and we recommend that it stay disabled. The Guests group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version.

Members of the Hyper-V Administrators group have complete and unrestricted access to all the features in Hyper-V. Adding members to this group helps reduce the number of members required in the Administrators group, and further separates access. Prior to Windows Server , access to features in Hyper-V was controlled in part by membership in the Administrators group.

A built-in account and group are guaranteed by the operating system to always have a unique SID. IIS 7. Members of the Incoming Forest Trust Builders group can create incoming, one-way trusts to this forest. Active Directory provides security across multiple domains or forests through domain and forest trust relationships. Before authentication can occur across trusts, Windows must determine whether the domain being requested by a user, computer, or service has a trust relationship with the logon domain of the requesting account.

To make this determination, the Windows security system computes a trust path between the domain controller for the server that receives the request and a domain controller in the domain of the requesting account. A secured channel extends to other Active Directory domains through interdomain trust relationships.

This secured channel is used to obtain and verify security information, including security identifiers SIDs for users and groups. The Incoming Forest Trust Builders group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version.

Members of the Network Configuration Operators group can have the following administrative privileges to manage configuration of networking features:. The Network Configuration Operators group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version.

Members of the Performance Log Users group can manage performance counters, logs, and alerts locally on the server and from remote clients without being a member of the Administrators group.

Specifically, members of this security group:. Can create and modify Data Collector Sets after the group is assigned the Log on as a batch job user right.

If you are a member of the Performance Log Users group, you must configure Data Collector Sets that you create to run under your credentials. For members of the Performance Log Users group to initiate data logging or modify Data Collector Sets, the group must first be assigned the Log on as a batch job user right.

The Performance Log Users group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. Members of this group can monitor performance counters on domain controllers in the domain, locally and from remote clients, without being a member of the Administrators or Performance Log Users groups. From a single console, you can monitor application and hardware performance, customize what data you want to collect in logs, define thresholds for alerts and automatic actions, generate reports, and view past performance data in a variety of ways.

The Performance Monitor Users group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. Members of the Pre—Windows Compatible Access group have Read access for all users and groups in the domain. This group is provided for backward compatibility for computers running Windows NT 4. By default, the special identity group, Everyone, is a member of this group.

Add users to this group only if they are running Windows NT 4. The Pre—Windows Compatible Access group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version.

If you choose the Pre—Windows Compatible Permissions mode, Everyone and Anonymous are members, and if you choose the Windows only permissions mode, Authenticated Users are members.

Members of this group can manage, create, share, and delete printers that are connected to domain controllers in the domain. They can also manage Active Directory printer objects in the domain.

Members of this group can locally sign in to and shut down domain controllers in the domain. This group has no default members. Because members of this group can load and unload device drivers on all domain controllers in the domain, add users with caution. The Print Operators group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version.

This security group has not changed since Windows Server However, in Windows Server R2, functionality was added to manage print administration. Members of the Protected Users group are afforded additional protection against the compromise of credentials during authentication processes.

This security group is designed as part of a strategy to effectively protect and manage credentials within the enterprise. Members of this group automatically have non-configurable protection applied to their accounts. Membership in the Protected Users group is meant to be restrictive and proactively secure by default.

The only method to modify the protection for an account is to remove the account from the security group. This domain-related, global group triggers non-configurable protection on devices and host computers running Windows Server R2 and Windows 8. This greatly reduces the memory footprint of credentials when users sign in to computers on the network from a non-compromised computer.

Passwords are not cached on a device running Windows 8. This means that the domain must be configured to support at least the AES cipher suite.

This means that former connections to other systems may fail if the user is a member of the Protected Users group. The default Kerberos ticket-granting tickets TGTs lifetime setting of four hours is configurable by using Authentication Policies and Silos, which can be accessed through the Active Directory Administrative Center.

This means that when four hours has passed, the user must authenticate again. The Protected Users group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. This group was introduced in Windows Server R2. For more information about how this group works, see Protected Users Security Group. By default, this group has no members.

Servers that are members in the RDS Endpoint Servers group can run virtual machines and host sessions where user RemoteApp programs and personal virtual desktops run. This group needs to be populated on servers running RD Connection Broker. Session Host servers and RD Virtualization Host servers used in the deployment need to be in this group. Servers that are members in the RDS Management Servers group can be used to perform routine administrative actions on servers running Remote Desktop Services.

This group needs to be populated on all servers in a Remote Desktop Services deployment. In Internet facing deployments, these servers are typically deployed in an edge network. It appears as a SID until the domain controller is made the primary domain controller and it holds the operations master role also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO.

The Remote Desktop Users group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. This group is comprised of the Read-only domain controllers in the domain.

A Read-only domain controller makes it possible for organizations to easily deploy a domain controller in scenarios where physical security cannot be guaranteed, such as branch office locations, or in scenarios where local storage of all domain passwords is considered a primary threat, such as in an extranet or in an application-facing role.

Because administration of a Read-only domain controller can be delegated to a domain user or security group, an Read-only domain controller is well suited for a site that should not have a user who is a member of the Domain Admins group. A Read-only domain controller encompasses the following functionality:. This applies only to WMI namespaces that grant access to the user. Computers that are members of the Replicator group support file replication in a domain.

FRS can copy and maintain shared files and folders on multiple servers simultaneously. When changes occur, content is synchronized immediately within sites and by a schedule between sites. Members of the Schema Admins group can modify the Active Directory schema. This group exists only in the root domain of an Active Directory forest of domains. The group is authorized to make schema changes in Active Directory. This group has full administrative access to the schema.

The membership of this group can be modified by any of the service administrator groups in the root domain. This is considered a service administrator account because its members can modify the schema, which governs the structure and content of the entire directory.

The Schema Admins group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. Members in the Server Operators group can administer domain servers. This group exists only on domain controllers. By default, the group has no members. Memebers of the Server Operators group can sign in to a server interactively, create and delete network shared resources, start and stop services, back up and restore files, format the hard disk drive of the computer, and shut down the computer.

By default, this built-in group has no members, and it has access to server configuration options on domain controllers. Its membership is controlled by the service administrator groups, Administrators and Domain Admins, in the domain, and the Enterprise Admins group. Members in this group cannot change any administrative group memberships.

This is considered a service administrator account because its members have physical access to domain controllers, they can perform maintenance tasks such as backup and restore , and they have the ability to change binaries that are installed on the domain controllers.

Note the default user rights in the following table. The Server Operators group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. Restore files and directories : Restore files and directories SeRestorePrivilege. Members of the Terminal Server License Servers group can update user accounts in Active Directory with information about license issuance.

The Terminal Server License Servers group applies to versions of the Windows Server operating system listed in the Active Directory default security groups by operating system version. Members of the Users group are prevented from making accidental or intentional system-wide changes, and they can run most applications. After the initial installation of the operating system, the only member is the Authenticated Users group.

When a computer joins a domain, the Domain Users group is added to the Users group on the computer. Archived Forums. Windows Server General Forum. Sign in to vote. HI, i am not been able to add my domain locl security group a folder in my file server.

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