Windows domain account, expired vs. disabled status

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I know that expiration feature in a Windows domain environment for user accounts is useful for automation processes. But I'd like to know if a disabled account is the same than an expired account in terms of accesibility to the domain.

In the other words, if I had to avoid the access to the domain resources for a user account, disabling and expiring have the same effect?

Thank you.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '15 at 14:37

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They are effectively the same. The only difference is the message displayed to the user when they attempt to logon.

answered May 12 '15 at 14:37

Greg Askew

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '15 at 14:24

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Yes. They don't differ on the resulting effects, but on the motivations (read: why?) of the deactivation. See here for more details.

answered May 12 '15 at 14:24

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Windows domain account, expired vs. disabled status

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