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Why would you give non-Admins rights to a DC? &nbsp;Do you know the havoc they could cause? &nbsp;<br />
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Anyhow, &nbsp;I think you may need to install terminal services.
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Why would you give non-Admins rights to a DC?  Do you know the havoc they could cause?  

Anyhow,  I think you may need to install terminal services.

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Because, to satisfy auditors there can only be a limited amount of Domain Admins, which is myself and the backup account. &nbsp;However i need the it staff to be able to login to the server at the console or via RDP. &nbsp;I know it can be done, as i've had it done before - something to do with local policies - but I can't remember how to do it.<br />
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Because, to satisfy auditors there can only be a limited amount of Domain Admins, which is myself and the backup account.  However i need the it staff to be able to login to the server at the console or via RDP.  I know it can be done, as i've had it done before - something to do with local policies - but I can't remember how to do it.



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Thanks - much appreciated. &nbsp;I thought it was in Policies somewhere, but just couldn't lay my hand to the location.<br />
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Thanks again.
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Thanks - much appreciated.  I thought it was in Policies somewhere, but just couldn't lay my hand to the location.

Thanks again.

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Hoping someone can help me. I have a requirement for a couple of staff to RDP or direct logon to a Windows2003 Domain Controller, but they are not members of the Domain Admins group.<br />
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Where on the server can I add them to allow local access and RDP access, with the same rights if it had a local Administrators account.<br />
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Thanks
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Hoping someone can help me. I have a requirement for a couple of staff to RDP or direct logon to a Windows2003 Domain Controller, but they are not members of the Domain Admins group.

Where on the server can I add them to allow local access and RDP access, with the same rights if it had a local Administrators account.

Thanks

Accessing 2003 Domain Controller without being a Domain Admin

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).