Enterprise Console: multiple domain support

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You can use Enterprise Console/Sophos Control Center to manage Endpoint Security and Control/Sophos Anti-Virus in a multiple domain environment.

What to do

To use Enterprise Console in a multiple domain environment:

You must ensure that there is a two-way trust relationship between the domain containing the management server with Enterprise Console on it, and the domains that it will manage. (For details of how to set up a trust relationship between domains, refer to the Windows help.)
If you are running the Protect computers wizard from Enterprise Console or Sophos Control Center, the wizard prompts you for a username and password that is valid for the administration of the endpoint computers.
- If the computers are all in the same domain, the account username must be in the format
  [TargetDomain]\[AdministratorAccount]
- If the computers are on different domains covered by the same Active Directory schema, use the Enterprise Administrator account in Active Directory. The account username must be in the format
  [EnterpriseAdministratorAccount]