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Manage Local Windows Accounts

SAM lets you manage local Windows accounts using a local administrator account defined in the Windows server local repository. To manage the local Windows accounts, define a Windows Agentless Endpoint and provide the following information:

User Login

Defines the name of an administrative user who manages the endpoint. SAM uses this account to perform administrative tasks on the endpoint, for example, to connect to the endpoint, discover accounts, and change passwords.

Specify the user name in this field. Do not use the computer name/user name format or the domain name/user name format.

Example: Administrator.

Note: If you specify the Advanced option, PUPM does not use the User Login account to perform administrative tasks. Instead, PUPM uses the account that is specified under the Advanced option to perform administrative tasks on the endpoint.

Password

Defines the password of the administrative user of the endpoint.

Note: If you use the Advanced option, do not supply a password.

Host

This option defines the host DNS name of the Windows endpoint.

Example: myhost-ac-1.ca.com

Note: You can also use an IP address as a host name.

Host Domain

Specifies the host name (NETBIOS name).

Note: Do not use the DNS name (computer1.ca.com), use the NETBIOS name (computer1).

Is Active Directory

Do not select this option. This option is valid when managing Active Directory accounts only.

User Domain

Specify this field if the Advanced option has been selected. Provide the NETBIOS domain name of the privilege account described in the Advanced field.

Advanced

Specifies whether to use a previously defined privileged administrative account, to perform administrative tasks on the endpoint. For example, SAM uses the account defined in the Advanced field to manage this endpoint instead of using the account specified in the User Login field. This option is useful when using the same privilege account to manage multiple endpoints.

Note: If you specify this option, SAM does not use the User Login account to perform administrative tasks.

Disable Exclusive Sessions

This option specifies whether to disable the exclusive sessions check on this endpoint. When selected, SAM does not check for open sessions on the endpoint.