# Adding Domain or Workgroup

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Remote Access Plus is a complete Enterprise Troubleshooting Solution that assists you tackle day to day troubleshooting demands with creature comforts. All you have to do to troubleshoot any computer in your network is to add your domain or workgroup under Remote Access Plus management. Following are the steps to add a domain/workgroup in Remote Access Plus.

**Note :** Remote Access Plus is capable of managing computers in multiple domains, workgroups and Novel eDirectory. Computers in Novel eDirectory based networks are considered as workgroups.

## Discovering Domains / Workgroups

Once you download and install Remote Access Plus server, all the domains and workgroups in your network will be fetched and will be available under **Agent tab -> Domain.**

### Adding a Domain

**Note :** While adding a Domain/Workgroup, ensure you provide credentials with **Administrative Privileges** as this account will be used to deploy agents to the network computers on demand.

You can add domains in two ways,

1. From the auto-discovered domains while installing the product.
2. From **Agent tab ->** under **Scope of Management -> Domain -> Add Domain.**

Both the options will open the *Add Domain* dialog box where you have to provide the following information.

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| **Domain Name** | Provide the name of the domain. Usually a Netbios or pre-2000 name of domain |
| **Network Type** | While adding a domain choose Active Directory option |
| **Domain User Name** | Provide the name of a user with Domain Admin Privilege. It is recommended to have a dedicated domain admin user account for Remote Access Plus whose password policy is set to "Never Expire" |
| **Password** | Provide the password of the domain admin user |
| **AD Domain Name** | The FQDN of the Active Directory Domain |
| **Domain Controller Name** | If you have multiple domain controllers, provide the name of the domain controller that is nearest to the computer where Endpoint Central Server is installed |

### Adding Workgroups

Similar to domains, workgroups can also be added in two ways viz,

1. From the auto-discovered workgroups while installing the product.
2. From **Agent tab ->** under **Scope of Management -> Domains -> Add Domain**.

Both options will lead you to the *Add domain* dialog box where you have to fill the following information.

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| **Domain Name** | Provide the name of the workgroup |
| **Network Type** | Choose workgroup option |
| **Admin User Name** | A common user name which has administrative privileges in all the computers within that workgroup. It is recommended to have a dedicated user account for Remote Access Plus whose password policy is set to "Never Expire" |
| **Password** | The password of the admin user |
| **DNS Suffix** | This is required to uniquely identify a computer within a workgroup. For example, if you have a computer with the same name in two different workgroups, the DNS suffix is used to identify it uniquely |

### Adding computers under Remote Access Plus scope

Once a domain or workgroup is added, Remote Access Plus will automatically try getting the list of all the computers under the respective domain or workgroup. If it fails in rare scenarios, from your Remote Access Plus console, navigate to **Agent tab -> Scope of Management -> Computers -> Add Computers** now type the name of the computer you wish to support using Remote Access Plus and add it.