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Validate Appendix I - Creating Management Accounts for Protected Accounts and Groups in Active Directory with AD/DNS evidence

Microsoft states: “Some privileged identity management solutions require that the software’s service accounts are granted permanent membership in groups such as DA or Administrators in each domain in the forest.”

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Trace AD DS Design and Planning across Active Directory and Windows DNS

Microsoft states: “By deploying Windows Server Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in your environment, you can take advantage of the centralized, delegated administrative model and single sign-on (SSO) capability that AD DS provides.”

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