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Is there any built in group within AD for local administrator?

Is there any built in group within AD that will grant the members local administrative permission on computers in the domain?

I will appreciate any guidance!
Active DirectoryWindows Server 2008Windows 7

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McKnife

8/22/2022 - Mon
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McKnife

Short answer: yes! Of course the group domain administrators is by default member of the local administrator group of any domain member.

Whether it is sensible to use that group for client administration is another question.
awawada

McKnife is correct there.

@LuiLui77
Do you really want to grant users as Domain Admins?
A Domain Admin is more than a local Administrator.
Windows Built-in Users and Default Groups http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-security_groups.html
LuiLui77

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Is just local administration of the client machines, not to domain or servers
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McKnife

Then the approach as described by awawada should be used and the ´GPO should of course only be applied to an OU with client computers, not servers.