Not supported by SBC SWe Lite in this release.
For the latest Microsoft documentation on this step, please refer to Add a Survivable Branch Appliance to Active Directory
Adding the SBA to Active Directory as a Computer
- Remote Desktop in to an Active Directory (AD) machine with AD credentials.
- Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in
- Do a right click Computers object > select New > select Computer
- In the Computer name field, enter the SBA machine name
Note: The computer name must be NetBIOS compliant with a maximum length of 15 characters. - In the Users or Group field, click Change > type "RTCUniversalSBATechnicians" in the Enter the object name to select field > click Check Names > Click OK.
- Click OK in the next screen to add the object as shown below:
Setting up the SPN
- Remote Desktop in to Active Directory with AD credentials.
- Launch the ADSI Edit snap-in
- In the left pane, browse down to CN=Computers.
- In the right pane, Do a right click CN=<sba machine name> object > select Properties
- Scroll down and select the Service Principal Name entry in the list and click Edit button.
- In Value to add field, enter HOST/<fqdn of the sba machine name> and Click Add button as shown below.
- Click OK and exit out from ADSI Edit:
Adding the SBA to the RTCUniversalReadOnlyAdmins Group
- Remote Desktop in to AD machine with AD credentials.
- Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in
- Browse down to Users object (on the left pane) > do a right click RTCUniversalReadOnlyAdmins group and select Properties
- In the Members tab click Add button
- In the new popup enter the sba machine name as shown below, Click on Check Names > Click on OK button
- Click OK button to close the properties screen.
Creating the SBA Installer Account in Active Directory
- Remote Desktop in to AD machine with AD credentials.
- Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in
- Do a right click Users object > select New > select User
Create an SBA installer account as shown below:
In the newly created user's properties, add a membership to RTCUniversalSBATechnicians groups as shown below:
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