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QUESTION POSED ON: 28 June 2006
Our agency is trying to weigh the pros and cons of migrating to the U.S. Army Active Directory (AD) forest. We may try to justify becoming our own forest. We're concerned about privacy of records. Will the U.S. Army's AD administrator be able to view our agency's records if we join its forest?

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If you are concerned about privacy and the absolute guarantee of security boundaries, I would consider implementing your own forest. Then you have absolute control, without the concern of the forest enterprise admins. If you need to limit their access into your domain -- assuming you stay a part of their implementation -- you should insist on a comprehensive auditing process to ensure that you maintain the security boundary you desire.

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