Understanding User Accounts

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Gaining access to the network requires a domain user account, which authenticates the identity of the person making the connection and controls what resources a user has a right to access.

Windows Small Business Server creates two predefined accounts: the Administrator account, which is granted all rights and permissions, and the Guest account, which has limited rights and is disabled by default. All other accounts are created by an administrator and are either domain accounts (valid throughout the domain by default) or local accounts (usable only on the machine where they are created).

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