Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

6-6: Establish the Relationship Between Users and Their Computers with Built-in Properties

Solution overview

Type of solution	Guidance
Features and tools	Computer object manager and managedBy attributes
Solution summary	Use the manager and managedBy attributes to associate a computer with the user to whom it is assigned.
Benefits	Increased understanding of asset utilization.

Introduction

One of the most common complaints I hear regarding Active Directory is the lack of support within Active Directory to relate a user to the computer or computers that she has been assigned. Administrators are often required to know the relationship between computers and users—that is, which computers are assigned to a specific user, or which users are assigned a specific ...