AD Agent: Overview

The Active Directory Agent is a Windows service that provides transparent user identification for Windows Active Directory-based networks. The Active Directory Agent (also called the "AD Agent") collects information from several sources simultaneously and populates a single session table that identifies the current user for each active workstation on the network. This session table is forwarded to the M86 Web Filter so the end user is given the appropriate filtering profile.

The AD Agent may be installed on any Windows 2000 or 2003 server on the domain, and does not have to be installed on a domain controller.

In large networks, multiple AD Agent hosts can cooperate as a "team" to deal with issues of security partitioning, network bandwidth, and administrative responsibility boundaries.

Related Topics:

• Service Account
• Service Account Setup
• Agent Installation
• Using Teams

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