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Extremely vague question. the &quot;user requirements&quot; for using Sharepoint depend on what you set the permissions for the different Site Collections to. You can allow all domain users to access or use permissions to control the level of access.
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All users will need a AD account right? Kind of a stupid question I know...sorry. Do you know where I can find a good doc on this as well?
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Hello - <br />
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We are in the process on implementing Sharepoint 2016 on prem. I’d like to know what are the user requirements as far as utilizing our Sharepoint? What are the AD best practice? <br />
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Thanks!<br />
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Nimdatx
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Hello - 

We are in the process on implementing Sharepoint 2016 on prem. I’d like to know what are the user requirements as far as utilizing our Sharepoint? What are the AD best practice? 

Thanks!

Nimdatx

User Requirements and AD for Sharepoint 2016

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