ActiveDirectory: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:08, 25 August 2020

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:

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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
+* 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:
-* [[ExchangeEmail | Exchange]] Mail Service
+* UMIACS\username
-* [[VPN]] Service
+* username@ad.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 bring up the following screen.