UW NetID Integration with Windows

There are many options for using UWNetIDs and "centrally" maintained passwords with Windows. However, where possible we recommend using the UW Windows Infrastructure (UWWI).

The most common options are summarized with further details given below.

Summaries

• UW Windows Infrastructure via delegated OU
  • Windows account has a UW NetID password.
  • Only requires a delegated OU
  • No user confusion
  • Authorization groups tied to UWWI user accounts that are auto-provisioned from institutional data. These include groups based on affiliations (e.g. student, staff, faculty), and course groups.
• UW Windows Infrastructure via trust
  • Windows account has UW NetID password.
  • Requires a trust to UWWI and your own Windows domain.
  • Users might need to use both the UWWI user account and your local domain account.
  • Authorization groups tied to UWWI user accounts that are auto-provisioned from institutional data. These include groups based on affiliations (e.g. student, staff, faculty), and course groups.
• Kerberos realm trust option
  • Authentication won't work for ALL services.
  • Users have two DISTINCT accounts and passwords (local domain and UW NetID, but only need to know about their UW NetID.
  • Requires you to provision an account for each user in your local domain.