What is the administrators group?

What can domain Administrators do?

Members of the Domain Admins group can manage all the workstations, servers, and domain controllers in their domain along with Active Directory and Group Policy. For most enterprises, this power should be limited to just a handful of people.

What is local administrator group?

The Administrator account is the first account that is created during the Windows installation. The Administrator account has full control of the files, directories, services, and other resources on the local computer. The Administrator account can create other local users, assign user rights, and assign permissions.

What is the builtin Administrators group?

In Windows systems, the built-in administrator account is similar to the "root" or "superuser" accounts in other operating systems. It was originally intended to facilitate system setup and disaster recovery. It can also be used to run programs and apps before a user account is created.

Should domain Admins be in the Administrators group?

If Domain Admins have been removed from the local Administrators groups on the member servers, the group should be added to the Administrators group on each member server and workstation in the domain. Each domain's Domain Admins group should be secured as described in the step-by-step instructions that follow.