Account Management

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Account management includes all aspects of creating, modifying, and deleting user accounts. This includes detection of duplicate accounts and security identifiers (SIDs).

Aspects

The following is a list of all aspects that are part of this managed entity:

Name Description

Account Integrity

The Security Accounts Manager (SAM) is a service that is used during the logon process. The SAM maintains user account information, including groups to which a user belongs. The SAM checks for duplicate accounts and duplicate security identifiers (SIDs).

Active Directory