Verify a 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.

Verifying a trust

• Using the Windows interface
  
• Using a command line
  

To verify a 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 that contains the trust that you want to verify, and then click Properties .
3. On the Trusts tab, under either Domains trusted by this domain (outgoing trusts) or Domains that trust this domain (incoming trusts) , click the trust to be verified, and then click Properties .
4. Click Validate .
5. Do one of the following, and then click OK :
   • Click No, do not validate the incoming trust .
     
     If you select this option, we recommend that you repeat this procedure for the reciprocal domain.
     
   • Click Yes, validate the incoming trust .
     
     If you select this option, you must type a user account and password with administrative credentials for the reciprocal domain.