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Computer accounts

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- [Instructor] Another type of object that we have in Active Directory Domain Services is something called the computer account object. Now a computer account, similar to a user account, is a security principle. In other words, we've talked about how the user account is an interface between Active Directory and an actual human person, well, a computer account is the interface between Active Directory and then an actual, physical computer that's connected to the network. So, I want to show you just a couple of quick things when it comes to computer accounts, because computer account management is not quite as extensive as user or group account management, but I want to make sure that you at least can see the accounts and know what to do with them. To demonstrate this, I'm going to connect through DC-1. Here in the Server Manager, I am going to go up to the Tools menu, and then I will select Active Directory Users and Computers. Here we have our domain, landonhotel.local, which I will…

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