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Home > Documentation > UCAD

University of Chicago Active Directory

Overview

The University of Chicago Active Directory (UCAD) provides a central authentication and authorization service.

All CNet-eligible users automatically have an account in the UChicago Active Directory.

Glossary of Terms

• Glossary - Glossary of Windows Terms

Governance

• UCAD Governance Policy
• AD Steering Group Charter
• AD Administrators Group Charter

Policies

• UCAD Policies - University of Chicago Active Directory Policies

Maintenance

• Calendar of Maintenance Windows - List of regularly scheduled maintenance windows for UCAD which may result in service disruption

Diagram of UCAD Forest

• Diagram - Diagram of UCAD Forest

Support for Administrators

• Set up a computer in ad.uchicago.edu
• Synchronize an internal time source with an external time source
• Configure WINS in UCAD
• Using the AAMS Tool
• Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) Roles in UCAD
• Global Catalog Server
• Best Practices for UCAD Forest