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Windows Authentication is based on [http://web.mit.edu/kerberos | Kerberos] standard authentication but with some extensions.  Your [[Kerberos|UMIACS Kerberos5]] account is different from your [[AcitveDirectory]] account and unless you set your passwords manually will not be the same.
Windows Authentication is based on [http://web.mit.edu/kerberos Kerberos] standard authentication but with some extensions.


Your [[ActiveDirectory]] authentication is used in a variety of different places,
Your [[ActiveDirectory]] authentication is used to log in to a variety of different places:
* UMIACS-supported computers
* [[Email | UMIACS-supported email]]
* UMIACS-supported web services
* UMIACS [[VPN]]


* Logging into UMIACS [[ActiveDirectory]] Windows Domain (pc.umiacs.umd.edu) computer
Your account might be shown in either of these two alternate ways depending on the application you are using:
* [[Exchange]] Mail Service
* UMIACS\username
* [[VPN]] Service
* username@ad.umiacs.umd.edu
 
** If you had an account prior to [[Windows Account Migration March 2018 | March 24th 2018]] and your mail was handled by our [[Exchange]] service on that day, this may instead show as username@pc.umiacs.umd.edu.
If you need to update your [[ActiveDirectory]] password you need to access the Windows Security portion of a pc.umiacs.umd.edu domain desktop or server.  This can be found in two ways,
 
# Physically sitting at the host
 
Press the hardware control sequence of <CTRL><ALT><DELETE> all at once. This will

Revision as of 17:45, 11 March 2019

Windows Authentication is based on Kerberos standard authentication but with some extensions.

Your ActiveDirectory authentication is used to log in to a variety of different places:

Your account might be shown in either of these two alternate ways depending on the application you are using:

  • UMIACS\username
  • username@ad.umiacs.umd.edu
    • If you had an account prior to March 24th 2018 and your mail was handled by our Exchange service on that day, this may instead show as username@pc.umiacs.umd.edu.