The Synology NAS, all Domain Clients, and Active Directory server should all be using the same NTP server to have their time exactly synchronized. Please use the same time server on the entire Active Directory Network.
Make sure you have the username and password of the domain administrator.Please make sure you have checked the information below before proceeding: One Synology NAS can support up to 100,000 domain user accounts, and 100,000 domain group accounts. Likewise, if there are multiple Synology NASs joining the same Active Directory Domain Controller, the domain users can use one credential to access these devices, without the need of remembering multiple credentials. The benefit of using Synology NAS with an Active Directory Domain Controller is that by retrieving the user or group information from the Active Directory Domain Controller, your Synology NAS can allow domain users to access it with their Active Directory credentials. Join Synology NAS to Active Directory Domain and Check Its Users Please see here for more information about Active Directory Service. On an Active Directory network, the Active Directory information (including computers, users and groups) is held on one or more Domain Controllers (DCs). What is Active Directory Service (ADS)?Īctive Directory is a technology created by Microsoft that provides a variety of network services, allowing network administrators to centrally manage the information and resources on the network. 3.7 Manage domain user’s home folder (admin only)ġ.3.4 Set domain users’ or groups’ access privilege to a sub-folder.3.3 Allow domain users or groups to access applications.3.2 Access shared folders with Active Directory privileges.3.1 Manage shared folder privileges for domain users or groups.Manage Active Directory Domain Users’ Access to Synology NAS.2.3 Check domain user and group account information on Synology NAS.2.2 Join Synology NAS to Active Directory domain.Join Synology NAS to Active Directory Domain and Check Its Users.What is Active Directory Service (ADS)?.This article assumes that as the admin of your Synology NAS, you are also an experienced network administrator with a firm grasp of domain, file sharing and networking principles. You will also learn the benefits of joining your Synology NAS with an Active Directory Domain Controller from this article. This article will guide you through the process of joining your Synology NAS to an Active Directory Domain Controller, setting up domain user/group privileges to access Synology NAS resources.