How to provide a default domain for the clients & users to log on only

Question

Hi!

whenever a user logs into his computer the default domain is provided on the log-on page.
As soon as the user puts his name in the username field, the log-on domain disapears & the login changes to log-on to the local computer. That leads to misunderstandings, as the user has no local account on the pc to log on. And so I get calls like: "Help, I can not log on!".

How can I provide the default (and only) domain to log on at the log-on page, so the users don't have to remember to log in with 'domain\username' every time?
I would like to prefer a solution via GPO for certain user groups.

Any help appreciated!
Kind regards,
Holger

Answer 1

HelloThank you for posting in Q&A forum.

You can set a default domain for logon using Group Policy Objects (GPO). 

Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon.

In the right pane, find and double-click on Assign a default domain for logon.

Set the policy to Enabled.

Under Options, enter the name of the domain you want to set as the default.

Reference:

Use GPOs to change default logon domain name - Windows Server | Microsoft Learn

I hope the information above is helpful.

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Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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