About Active Directory (AD)

In order to provide CIFS services, Access Appliance must be able to authenticate within the Windows environment.

Active Directory (AD) is a technology created by Microsoft that provides a variety of network services including LDAP directory services, Kerberos-based authentication, Domain Name System (DNS) naming, secure access to resources, and more.

You can configure Active Directory by navigating to Settings > Directory Services management.

Access Appliance will not join the AD domain if its clock is excessively out-of-sync with the clock on the AD domain controller. Ensure that Network Time Protocol (NTP) is configured on Access Appliance, preferably using the same NTP server as the AD domain controller.