Access Management Services Knowledgebase
Welcome to the Campus Active Directory! Here is some information to get you started using the service.
The Campus Active Directory service provides a centralized Active Directory for the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The main feature of the Campus Active Directory is the availability of automatically-maintained campus user accounts (NetIDs), which reduces the need to provision accounts. Active Directory - Campus User Accounts (NetIDs) Additionally, the service allows a department to save money and time by maintaining the hardware and software necessary to keep the directory running.
If you are interested in the service, you can apply for access here: Campus Active Directory Request Form. The rest of this document assumes that you have a Campus AD OU and OU administrator account.
You have been provisioned an OU administrator account which looks like netid-ou. This account gives you access to resources in the Campus Active Directory.
New Users: If you have just been provisioned an OU administrator account, you should change its password as soon as possible. You will not be able to join a machine to the Campus AD domain until you have done so. Active Directory - Changing your account password
The first step to working with the Campus Active Directory is to join a workstation to the domain:
Active Directory - Joining a Computer to the Domain (Windows XP)
Active Directory - Joining a Computer to the Domain (Windows Vista/Windows 7)
Active Directory - Joining a Computer to the Domain (Mac OS X)
To manage your resources in Active Directory, you will need to install some additional software on your Windows workstation. Active Directory - Remote Administration Tools
The Campus Active Directory has a wiki located at https://wiki.doit.wisc.edu/confluence/display/CAD. Service policies and other information, including a section for user-contributed content, can be found here.
The Campus AD Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meets monthly to allow users of the shared campus Active Directory service to be integrally involved in the technical and policy decision-making process as it relates to service direction and change. If you are interested in being a part of the TAG, please contact activedirectory@doit.wisc.edu.
In addition to the Wiki linked-to above, documentation is available in our Knowledge Base. The Knowledge Base covers campus-specific information for accessing and configuring machines in the Active Directory.
Active Directory is a complex technology. If you are new to Active Directory, we highly recommend obtaining some training resources. Active Directory best practices are not covered in the support of this service.
If you have any questions or issues, please e-mail activedirectory@doit.wisc.edu.
| Keywords: | campus active directory intro introduction new welcome getting started | Doc ID: | 12331 |
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| Owner: | Andrew H. | Group: | Access Management Services |
| Created: | 2009-10-01 | Updated: | 2009-10-12 |
| Sites: | Access Management Services, Help Desk | ||