Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

6-1: Implement Best Practices for Managing Computers in Active Directory

Solution overview

Type of solution	Guidance and scripts
Features and tools	OUs, Dsacls, naming conventions, the registry
Solution summary	Explore the detail of each step involved with creating a computer account and joining a computer to the domain. Implement best practices for Active Directory design, delegation, computer account creation, and joining computers to the domain.
Benefits	Increased consistency and manageability of computer objects

Introduction

Computer objects are security principals and include properties similar to users and groups, such as a logon name (sAMAccountName) and a password that is established when the computer joins the domain and is changed automatically ...