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KB-8453: What computer account attributes are managed by Centrify at join time and on an ongoing basis?

Authentication Service ,  

30 March,17 at 03:28 PM

Applies to:
All version of DirectControl

Question:
What computer account attributes are managed by Centrify at join time and on an ongoing basis?

Answer:
On an ongoing basis, Centrify does the following:
(1) monitors the computer account password and, every 28 days, adclient will try to change it.
(2) on adclient start up, and at intervals, adclient will update the following computer objects:
  • operatingSystem
  • operatingSystemVersion
  • operatingSystemServicePack
  • postalAddress
(3) There is one additional attribute that is consistently monitored:
  • msds-SupportedEncryptionType
This will be updated when the Domain Functional Level is raised from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 and up. Its function is to  to add or enable AES128 and AES256 support.

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