Chapter 4: Adding Active Directory Controllers And Users; Manage Active Directory Administrator Credentials; Adding A New Ad Credential - SolarWinds User Device Tracker UDT Quick Start Manual

Chapter 4: Adding Active Directory
Controllers and Users
This chapter follows the process of adding an Active Directory domain controller
into UDT and using it to track the activity of AD-associated users on your network.
UDT tracks user activity by reading an event log on the AD domain controller.
Reading that log requires, UDT to have the Event LogReader permission on each
AD controller through which it is tracking user activity.
Before you add an AD domain controller, and begin tracking the user accounts
that are associated with it, you must first create appropriate credentials for UDT to
use in interacting with it.

Manage Active Directory Administrator Credentials

Click Manage Active Directory Administrator Credentials in the UDT Settings
section to create, edit, and delete credentials the UDT uses to communicate with
AD domain controllers.

Adding a New AD Credential

Follow these steps to add a new AD credential into UDT.To add a new credential:
1. Click Manage Active Directory Administrator Credentials in the UDT
Credentials area in UDT Settings (Settings > UDT Settings).
2. Click Add UDT Credential.
Enter a Credential Name. For example, if this credential were the one that
you want UDT to use in retrieving event log data from an AD domain
controller, you might call it Event Log Reader.Enter a User Name
(Domain\Username) that is known within a specific domain.
Note: Whatever account you enter must have appropriate
permissions on the AD domain controller for the tasks for which
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