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| Read about Server for NIS. | Concepts | |
| Log on as a member of the Schema Admins group on an Active Directory domain controller. | ||
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Install Server for NIS on the domain controller. Important
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To install Server for NIS | |
| Migrate Network Information Service (NIS) maps to Active Directory. | Checklist: NIS migration to Active Directory using the Server for NIS Migration wizard | |
| Set how often maps are propagated to subordinate (slave) NIS servers. | To change the frequency of map updates to UNIX-based subordinate (slave) NIS servers | |
| Review and, if needed, add or remove UNIX subordinate servers in the domain. | To add or remove UNIX subordinate (slave) servers | |
| As needed, install Server for NIS on other domain controllers, which will automatically be configured as subordinate servers. Install Password Synchronization on all other domain controllers. This will ensure that when a user's password is changed, the password will be updated across the domain. Server for NIS will receive the updated passwords when the data is replicated to the domain controller. | To install Server for NIS |