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What is the importance of Active Directory trust relationships?
Active Directory trusts can be created between Active Directory domains and Active Directory forests. A trust allows you to maintain a relationship between the two domains to ensure resources in domains can be accessed by users.
What is a trust relationship between domains?
Trust relationships are an administration and communication link between two domains. A trust relationship between two domains enables user accounts and global groups to be used in a domain other than the domain where the accounts are defined. This domain authenticates users on behalf of (in trust for) another domain.
How does shortcut trust improve user logon time between two domains within a forest?
Shortcut trusts improve user logon times between two domains within a forest by reducing the amount of Kerberos traffic on the network caused by authentication.
Why does a computer lost trust relationship with domain?
A trust relationship may fail if the computer tries to authenticate on a domain with an invalid password. Typically, this occurs after reinstalling Windows. In this case, the current value of the password on the local computer and the password stored for a computer object in the AD domain will be different.
How does the Windows security system check for a trust relationship?
To check for this trust relationship, the Windows security system computes a trust path between the domain controller (DC) for the server that receives the request and a DC in the domain of the requesting account.
Do I need to configure a trust relationship between two domain controllers?
It’s possible, however unlikely, that you might need to configure a trust relationship between a domain running these operating systems and one running Windows Server 2012 domain controllers. You are the administrator of the single domain contoso.local forest.
How do I create and manage trusts from the command line?
You use Netdom.exe with the /trust switch to create and manage trusts from the command line. When using Netdom.exe, you specify the trusting domain name and the trusted domain name. You can use Netdom.exe with the /trust switch to create and manage forest, shortcut]
What are the best tools for trust creation in Windows Server?
As with most other elements of the Windows Server family, command-line tools can be used to script repetitive tasks or to ensure consistency in the case of trust creation. Some of the top tools include: NETDOM: Used to establish or break trust types. NETDIAG: The output of this tool can give basic status on trust relationships.