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What are the minimum rights needed by an AD account to do LDAP lookups and Authentications.<br />
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We currently have a few applications set up to do lookups and authentication, but need to reduce the rights due to security concerns.
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What are the minimum rights needed by an AD account to do LDAP lookups and Authentications.

We currently have a few applications set up to do lookups and authentication, but need to reduce the rights due to security concerns.

Minimum LDAP Rights

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

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