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Domain Admins are per Domain<br />
Enterprise Admins are per Forest (which is what you want here)
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Domain Admins are per Domain
Enterprise Admins are per Forest (which is what you want here)

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So, adding users from the other domain to group(s) of my domain cannot be done as expected, right?
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So, adding users from the other domain to group(s) of my domain cannot be done as expected, right?

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How do I grant right to my domain groups to access resource(s) such as a file share in the other forest?
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How do I grant right to my domain groups to access resource(s) such as a file share in the other forest?

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Thanks, everyone. &nbsp;I have got the idea.
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We have recently merged with another company and setup a two-way trust across the forests.<br />
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We are able to grant users/groups from the other domain to access our file server files. &nbsp;However, when I try to add domain admins of the other domain to our domain admin group, I am not able to - I do not see the other domain when I click the ADD to add members. &nbsp;<br />
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Is that an expected behavior?<br />
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Please advise. <br />
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Thanks.
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We have recently merged with another company and setup a two-way trust across the forests.

We are able to grant users/groups from the other domain to access our file server files.  However, when I try to add domain admins of the other domain to our domain admin group, I am not able to - I do not see the other domain when I click the ADD to add members.  

Is that an expected behavior?

Please advise. 

Thanks.

Unable to add users from across the trust forest to local domain groups

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