Any information if SharePoint 2010 installation updates AD schema?

Question

Are there any information if SharePoint 2010 impacts on Active Directory Schema and whether updates it or not? Can't find anything on this topic googling.

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Answer 1

The only thing I'm aware of is that there's some kind of AD tweak that allows an organizatin to disallow someone from spinning up an SP Foundation environment without going through some kind of approval process.

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Answer 2

But can SP2010 install update anything in AD schema?

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Answer 3

No, SharePoint 2010 installation won't update AD schema.

You can see in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662513.aspx that both setup account and farm account only needs to be a domain account with local machine priviliages and SQL server priviliages. It does not mention priviliage to update AD schema.

I use my corporate domain account as setup and farm account to install SharePoint 2010 on my laptop without any problem. My corporate domain account don't have the privilage to update corporate domain schema.

Answer 4

Here is a link to the AD tweak you are referring to.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730261.aspx