Two Domain Accounts within a Domain Joined Machine
The scenario involves a computer that is joined to a single Active Directory (AD) domain, but requires access to resources in two different domains. The goal is to create user accounts for both domains on the server (Server1) and access the user profiles (not folder registry settings, etc.) for DomainA\User1 and DomainA\User2 on this machine.
I've tried...
I've tried creating the user accounts in Active Directory Users and Computers, and mapping the drives to the user profiles, but I'm unable to access the user profiles for DomainA\User1 and DomainA\User2 on the machine.
Steps to resolve...
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
- Create the user accounts in Active Directory Users and Computers for both domains (DomainA\User1 and DomainA\User2).
- Grant the necessary permissions to the user accounts in the respective domains to access the resources they need.
- Map the drives to the user profiles for both domains on the machine.
- Ensure that the user profiles are stored in a common network location that is accessible to both domains.
- Configure the Group Policy settings to use the common network location as the user profile path for both domains.
References
- Microsoft Docs: net user
- Microsoft Docs: net localgroup
- Microsoft Docs: Group Policy Overview
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