Viewing and Setting Active Directory Permissions

As you know from previous discussions, user, group, and computer accounts are represented in Active Directory as objects. Active Directory objects have standard and advanced security permissions. These permissions grant or deny access to the objects.

Permissions for Active Directory objects aren’t as straightforward as other permissions. Different types of objects can have sets of permissions that are specific to the type of object. They can also have general permissions that are specific to the container they’re defined in.

You can view and set standard security permissions for objects by following these steps:

  1. Start Active Directory Users And Computers, and then display advanced options by selecting ...

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