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What are the requirements for managed service accounts from the AD perspective?<br />
Also, what should be the schema requirements?<br />
Should there be at least (1) 2012 DC in the environment?<br />
Does it only use that 2012 DC once it is established? Or all DCs in the environment?
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What are the requirements for managed service accounts from the AD perspective?
Also, what should be the schema requirements?
Should there be at least (1) 2012 DC in the environment?
Does it only use that 2012 DC once it is established? Or all DCs in the environment?

Managed Service Accounts Questiion

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.