Create an External Trust

Membership in Domain Admins , or Enterprise Admins , or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.

Creating an external trust

• Using the Windows interface
  
• Using a command line
  

To create an external trust using the Windows interface

1. Open Active Directory Domains and Trusts. To open Active Directory Domains and Trusts, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Active Directory Domains and Trusts .
   To open Active Directory Domains and Trusts in Windows Server® 2012, click Start , type domain.msc .
2. In the console tree, right-click the domain node for the domain that you want to establish a trust with, and then click Properties .
3. On the Trusts tab, click the New Trust , and then click Next .
4. On the Trust Name page, type the Domain Name System (DNS) name (or NetBIOS name) of the domain, and then click Next .
5. On the Trust Type page, click External trust , and then click Next .
6. On the Direction of trust page, do one of the following:
   • To create a two-way, external trust, click Two-way .
     
     Users in this domain and users in the specified domain will be able to access resources in either domain.
     
   • To create a one-way, incoming external trust, click One-way:incoming .
     
     Users in the specified domain will not be able to access any resources in this domain.
     
   • To create a one-way, outgoing external trust, click One-way:outgoing .
     
     Users in this domain will not be able to access any resources in the specified domain.
     
7. Continue to follow the instructions in the wizard.