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Importing Privileged Accounts from Windows Devices

Step 2: Discovering and Importing Accounts

Once the connection has been established between Securden and the AD Domain, you can select the required OUs, Groups, Computers, and Accounts available in the AD domain and import them into Securden.

You have the flexibility to choose any combination of the four options below and import them in a single easy step.

For example, if you want to discover accounts from an OU and a Group, first enter/browse and select the name of the OU, click Discover. Then go to the Groups tab, select or browse the name of the Group and click Discover. Verify your discovery details and finally click Import. Securden will fetch all accounts that are part of the OU and Group specified.

Importing OUs

Using this method, you can import all domain accounts and computers that are a part of the selected OUs.

You can use the search function to add specific OUs. Specify the search term and click Discover.

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Select the required OUs from the search result and click Add.

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Alternatively, you can browse the OU tree and select the required OUs.

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Once you have selected the required OUs, click Add.

Importing Groups

Using this method, you can import all domain accounts and computers that are a part of the selected groups. You can use the search function to add specific groups. Specify the search term and click Discover.

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Select the required groups from the search result and click Add.

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Alternatively, you can browse different groups in the AD domain and select the required groups.

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Once you have selected the required groups, click Add.

Importing Computers

You can search and select specific computers from your AD domain. The selected devices, local accounts, service accounts and their dependencies contained in each device will be imported into Securden.

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You need to specify the search term and click Discover.

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Importing Specific Accounts

You can search and select specific domain accounts from your AD domain. You need to specify the search term and click Discover.

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You can select the required domain accounts from the search result and click Add.

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Selected OUs, Groups, Computers, and Accounts will be displayed in the field named Verify the Objects Selected for Discovery.

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You can check whether all the required objects have been added here.

Add Imported Accounts to a Folder

While importing accounts, you can specify a Folder to which all the imported accounts will be added. You can click the drop-down menu and select the required folder.

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If you want to add all the imported accounts to a new folder, you can create one by clicking [Add Folder]. You need to specify the folder attributes before saving.