Domain Administrator

It is not possible to use the initial Active Directory domain administrator as a user for ZEN Data Storage. The administrator account for the Active Directory domain should only be used for the administration of the Active Directory itself.

When you are using ZEN with ZEN Data Storage, you can add individual Active Directory users to your user management.

  1. ZEN is open with active user management and you are signed in as administrator.
  2. You are using ZEN Data Storage and have configured an Active Directory group to be able to use Active Directory in ZEN, see Setting Up the Login with Windows Credentials (Active Directory).
  3. During the installation of ZEN Data Storage, you have set the parameter Enable Active Directory to True on the Settings tab of the installer. For more information also refer to the installation guide for ZEN Data Storage.
  4. The ZEN Data Storage server must be part of the same Windows domain from where the software tries to login with its Windows credentials.
  1. Go to Tools > Users and Groups.
  2. The User and Group Management dialog opens.
  3. Go to Users.
  4. The tab displays all currently configured users.
  5. Click .
  6. The New User dialog opens.
  7. For Type, select Active Directory.
  8. For Name, click .
  9. The Select User dialog opens.
  10. The fields for object type and location are filled with a default. To change them, click Object Types or Locations to open another dialog to select the respective Object Types or Locations.
  11. In the text field below, enter the name of the user you want to select. If you are not sure if your name is correct, click Check Names to open a dialog and select the suitable entry.
  12. Click OK.
  13. The name is displayed in the New User dialog.
  14. Click OK to close the New User dialog.
  15. The respective Active Directory user is added to the list of users.
  16. Click OK to close the User and Group Management dialog.
  1. You have configured an Active Directory user. You can now assign this user to a group to grant him certain rights and privileges.