Does server need to join AD?

[zhifengcai]

Hi guys,

 

My company build one server for PDM(Compatible with this software,solidwork), and then got a problem that it would waste much time to update the files' latest version.

And clients are in AD, so the server too.

My question is that do the server need to join AD,and is there a way to solve the problem.

Tks.

[FitnessOgre]

You don't have to join a server to the domain, however it makes using that server easier in a domain environment. Security and access rights and all the benefits of AD. Is there a reason why you don't want to join the server to the domain?

[Mikensan]

AD is for authentication, so if you do not need to authenticate then you do not need AD. If you need the users to separate their data, then you need AD as a way to distinguish.

 

I'm not sure what files you mean to "update the files' latest version".. are you talking about Windows' Files or the Solidworks files?

[zhifengcai]

On 2019/2/1 at PM9点18分, Mikensan said:

AD用于身份验证，因此如果您不需要进行身份验证，则不需要AD。如果您需要用户分离他们的数据，那么您需要AD作为区分的方式。

 

我不确定你的文件是什么意思“更新文件的最新版本”..你在谈论Windows的文件还是Solidworks文件？

the solidworks files