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The Active Directory module captures the directory itself – not the systems in it. It addresses no individual targets: the wizard requires the domain and an account allowed to read it, nothing else. The wizard shows four steps for this module: Basics › Domain › Schedule › Summary All but Domain are the same for every module – see Creating a Scan Job. A connected gateway is required.

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Domain and credentials

The Domain step takes the Domain first and the Windows credentials below it. If the domain field is visible, it must be filled. You choose the credentials in a searchable picker. In first position stands the entry that lets the scan run under the gateway service’s account. Two rows above it create a new entry: New credentials… a reusable one, One-time credentials… one that applies to this job only.
Active Directory and Windows (AD) are the two modules where credentials are not enforced: the step can be passed without an entry. Whether the scan then succeeds depends on which account the gateway service runs under in your network. For the first job an explicitly stored account is advisable.

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Limiting what is captured

This module brings two options. They stand in the Active Directory Options section behind the Customize button in the Domain step. If values are set, the addition active stands next to the button.
Both options are off. A job captures personal data and extended attributes of the directory until you deselect that explicitly. The decision is made in the wizard, not later on the captured data.
  • Windows (AD) fetches the systems from the same directory instead of capturing the directory – see Windows. The two jobs complement each other.
  • Windows DNS, Windows DHCP and DFS can have their targets searched for in Active Directory instead of having them typed in.
  • NTFS Security discovers its servers through the directory and needs domain and credentials for that as well – see NTFS permissions.
Which types this scan produces is under Directory and Network Services. How you watch the job afterwards is in Managing Jobs.