how many computer can be added to AD by one user

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I seem to recall seeing somewhere that the default setting for how my
computers a user can add to AD is 10, can someone please tell me where this
is set up, and how to adjust the rights to increase or decrease that number
thanks
 
You are correct. By default, a user can only join ten computers to a
domain. This value is set (stored) in a property of Active Directory,
ms_DS-MachineAccountQuota, which is a direct property of the domain
(DC=domainName,DC=com).

This value can be modified using a tool such as ADSIEdit (Windows Server
Support Tools) or an ADSI script.


Other options available to you are delegating control to an OU and
precreating computer accounts, or delegating control (setting permissions
basically) on the computers container.


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Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net
http://forums.msresource.net


I seem to recall seeing somewhere that the default setting for how my
computers a user can add to AD is 10, can someone please tell me where this
is set up, and how to adjust the rights to increase or decrease that number
thanks
 
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