Add the Survivable Branch Appliance to Active Directory

Each survivable branch appliance deployed needs to have a computer account in Active Directory defined prior to being placed in operation. Because survivable branch servers are already domain-joined computers, these steps are not necessary.

Use the following steps when deploying only a survivable branch appliance.

1. Log on to a computer with the Active Directory Domain Services role administration tools installed.

2. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

3. Right-click an organizational unit, click New, and select Computer.

4. Enter a Computer name for the survivable branch appliance. This is just the hostname, not the fully qualified domain name.

5. Under User or group, click the Change button.

6. Enter RTCUniversalSBATechnicians, and then click OK.

7. Click OK.

After staging a computer account for the survivable branch appliance, a service principal name (SPN) must be added to the computer account.

Use the following steps to add the SPN:

1. Open ADSI Edit.

2. Right-click the ADSI Edit root node and click Connect to.

3. Leave the default options selected and click OK.

4. Expand the Default naming context and locate the survivable branch appliance computer account.

5. Right-click the account and select Properties.

6. Highlight servicePrincipalName and click Edit.

7. Enter HOST/<Survivable Branch Appliance FQDN> and click Add.

8. Click OK twice.