Two Way Trust Set Up

Two Way Trust Set UpOn the first server, open Active Directory Domains and Trusts from the Administrative Tools area in Control Panel.

Right click on the domain name and click Properties.

Navigate to the Trusts tab and click New Trust at the bottom.

The Trust wizard will appear, press next and type in the FQDN address of the second server (e.g. server.domain2.local) and press next.

Choose Realm Trust and press Next.

For Trust Transitivity choose Nontransitive.

For the direction choose Two-way and press Next.

Type a password for the trust twice and press Next and Next again on the next tab.

Press Finish.

On the second server, open Active Directory Domains and Trusts from the Administrative Tools area in Control Panel.

Right click on the domain name and click Properties.

Navigate to the Trusts tab and click New Trust at the bottom.

The Trust wizard will appear, press next and type in the FQDN address of the first server (e.g. server.domain1.local) and press next.

Choose Realm Trust and press Next.

For Trust Transitivity choose Nontransitive.

For the direction choose Two-way and press Next.

Type a password for the trust twice (not sure if this needs to be the same as the password on the other server, I usually set it the same) and press Next and Next again on the next tab.

Press Finish.

All done, you now have a two way trust set up!

Enjoy