(AWS managed) AD - give local admin rights to domain users
Note: This post is part of a series (Part 4):
- Part 1: AWS managed AD - first steps after creation
- Part 2: AWS managed AD - add user RDP permissions
- Part 3: Standard AD - auto-map a network drive
Situation: You have a bunch of systems in an (AWS managed) AD, and you want to give AD users local admin rights.
Problem: You don’t know how.
Solution: This post or this very nice video, or both.
- Basically there are two ways.
- One, you have an AWS managed AD, then you get …
- the easy way: just add the relevant users to the “AWS Delegated Server Administrators” group
- Two, you don’t want to use the AWS groups or have a standard AD, then …
- stick to the video.
- One, you have an AWS managed AD, then you get …
Hint: It’s easiest if you perform thost actions as the DOMAIN\Admin
user, so you don’t have to enter that user’s password all the time.