Register Additional Active Directory Domains

You can optionally register additional Active Directory domains to assign management roles or provide assignments to users in those domains.

Note: When you have completed the domain registration, do not move any groups from one organizational unit (OU) to another. Doing so will cause login failures for users.

If you click Cancel before you complete the registration, you can click Edit at any time from the Getting Started page to continue with registration.

Prerequisites

• The Active Directory infrastructure must be synchronized to an accurate time source.
• If you have external or forest trusts, root domains must be registered. For more information, see External and Forest Trusts.
• The Domain Bind account is always assigned the Super Administrator role, which grants all the permissions to perform management actions in the Administration Console. You should ensure that the Domain Bind account is not accessible to users that you do not want to have Super Administrator permissions.
• Domain Bind and Domain Join accounts must meet requirements as described in Service Accounts That Horizon Cloud Requires for Its Operations.

Procedure

1. In the Administration Console, select Settings > Active Directory.
2. Click Register.
3. In the Register Active Directory dialog box, provide the requested registration information.

   Option	Description
   NETBIOS Name	Active Directory domain name
   DNS Domain Name	Fully qualified Active Directory domain name
   Protocol	Not editable; LDAP is the only choice
   Bind Username	Domain administrator
   Bind Password	Domain administrator password

4. Enter information for Auxiliary Account #1.

   Option	Description
   Bind Username	Domain administrator
   Bind Password	Domain administrator password

   Note: Username and password must exist in the Active Directory or the account will not be added successfully.
5. Click Advanced Properties.
6. Enter information the Advanced Properties fields.

   Option	Description
   Port	The default for this field is 389. You should not need to modify this field unless you are using a non-standard port.
   Domain Controller IP	(Optional) Specify a single preferred domain controller IP address if you want AD traffic to use a specific domain controller.
   Context	This option is auto-populated based on the DNS Domain Name information provided earlier.

7. Click Domain Bind.
   Note: If you see an error stating that the auxiliary account information you entered is invalid, then after completing the Domain Join process below you will need to add a valid auxiliary account by editing the Domain Bind information. See Edit an Active Directory Domain.
8. In the Domain Join dialog, provide the required domain join information.

   Option	Description
   Primary DNS Server IP	IP address of primary DNS Server
   Secondary DNS Server IP	(Optional) IP of secondary DNS Server
   Default OU	Default organizational unit
   Join Username	Domain administrator
   Join Password	Domain administrator password

9. If desired, create an auxiliary domain join account by entering the information below.

   Option	Description
   Auxiliary join Username	Domain administrator for auxiliary account
   Auxiliary join Password	Domain administrator password for auxiliary account

   • If you do not choose to add an auxiliary domain join account now, you can do so later.
   • You can edit or delete this account later.
   • You can add only one auxiliary domain join account for each Active Directory.
10. Click Save.
11. In the Add Super Administrator dialog box, use the Active Directory search function to select the AD administrator group to administer the application.
12. Click Save.
13. If the domain bind or domain join process fail, you must restart the registration process.
    1. Restart the browser.
    2. Log in first using your My VMware account.
    3. Log in to the Active Directory account using the domain service (bind) account login and password.
    4. Continue with the domain join process.

What to do next

If desired, you can set up True SSO (single sign-on). See Complete Configuring True SSO for your Horizon Cloud Environment.