Add a user or group as a DHCP administrator at a domain controller

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To add a user or group as a DHCP administrator at a domain controller

Open Active Directory Users and Computers if the DHCP server is installed at a domain controller.
In the console tree, click Users.

Where?
- Active Directory Users and Computers/applicable domain/Users
In the details pane, click DHCP Administrators.
On the Action menu, click Properties.
Click the Members tab, and then click Add.

The Select Users dialog box opens.
In Enter the object names to select, type the name of the user you want to add as a DHCP Administrator, and then click OK. To add multiple users in one operation, type user names separated by semicolons, and then click OK.

Notes

To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Active Directory Users and Computers.
The DHCP Administrators group provides a way to grant limited administrative access to the DHCP server. Members of the DHCP Administrators group are granted the right to fully administer the applicable server using DHCP tools (the DHCP console and Netsh commands for DHCP); they do not have access to other services running on the server and are not able to perform other administrative actions on the server computer. For more information about DHCP groups, see Related Topics.

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