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Force password in network drive with GPO
Active Directory provides you the ability to centralize authentication and identity management through a set of features including, notably single sign-on (SSO).
File access management is tied to your account, assuming file servers and workstations are also part of Active Directory. You implement this through good old AGDLP model or claims/dynamic access.
This is an on-premise model however, modern file management relies on Microsoft Entra ID, Azure file shares etc.
It also depends on your objective - what do you try to accomplish through this ?
- Well, I provide services for a company that nowadays uses samba to share files and store users and passwords.
We intend to migrate to Windows Server because of Active Directory. It turns out that the director prefers that his employees always enter a password when accessing network folders. We intend to use a GPO to map the folders and make the work easier because there are 60 computers, hence my question.Active Directory provides you the ability to centralize authentication and identity management through a set of features including, notably single sign-on (SSO).
File access management is tied to your account, assuming file servers and workstations are also part of Active Directory. You implement this through good old AGDLP model or claims/dynamic access.
This is an on-premise model however, modern file management relies on Microsoft Entra ID, Azure file shares etc.
