Predefined AD administrator roles
AD has predefined administrator roles. Each of these roles has predefined permissions attached to them. If a user needs these role permissions, their account needs to be added to the relevant security group. These security groups are predefined groups:
- Enterprise Admins: This is the highest AD role permission that can be applied in the AD forest. The accounts that are part of this group can modify the logical and physical topology of the AD infrastructure. This also allows you to perform schema changes. This role is capable of managing other role memberships (Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins, and Domain Admins).
- Schema Admins: Members of this group can modify the AD schema. This is only included in the forest root domain as the schema is handled on the forest level.
- Domain Admins: This is the highest AD role permission that can be applied in an AD domain. When adding the first domain controller to the forest, the default administrator...
