WN16-DC-000350 - The Add workstations to domain user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

Information

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.

Accounts with the 'Add workstations to domain' right may add computers to a domain. This could result in unapproved or incorrectly configured systems being added to a domain.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Add workstations to domain' to include only the following accounts or groups:

- Administrators

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2016_V2R10_STIG.zip