Authenticating to two different domains

Hello All!!
I know that Windows XP Pro can only be apart of one domain at a time.
However, I am looking for away to have a user authenticate to two different
domains. He is a mobile user and has just been added to management of a
sister company. Each company has their own domain already set up. He exists
in one domain but will be spending equal time at the other business so he
will need access to their resources as well. Is there a "best Practice" for
doing something like this?
So far I have thought of either making his pc part of a workgroup and
making sure that he has the exact same username and password at both
locations. However, I kmow that he needs to still be a part of his original
domain. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Keith

My recommendation is that his username and password on both domains should
be identical. This will do pass through authentication as it tries those
credentials on the other network. This works pretty well and I have used it
before.

--
Eric Renken
Microsoft Associate Expert.
Expert Zone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/



"Keith Mitchell" <Keith Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C271078-33EA-4DAE-8EF2-065D98C1545C@microsoft.com...
> Hello All!!
> I know that Windows XP Pro can only be apart of one domain at a time.
> However, I am looking for away to have a user authenticate to two
> different
> domains. He is a mobile user and has just been added to management of a
> sister company. Each company has their own domain already set up. He
> exists
> in one domain but will be spending equal time at the other business so he
> will need access to their resources as well. Is there a "best Practice"
> for
> doing something like this?
> So far I have thought of either making his pc part of a workgroup and
> making sure that he has the exact same username and password at both
> locations. However, I kmow that he needs to still be a part of his
> original
> domain. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Keith

Will it make a difference if his pc is part of a domain or does it need to
be in a workgroup?

Keith


"Eric Renken" wrote:

> My recommendation is that his username and password on both domains should
> be identical. This will do pass through authentication as it tries those
> credentials on the other network. This works pretty well and I have used it
> before.
>
> --
> Eric Renken
> Microsoft Associate Expert.
> Expert Zone
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>
>
>
> "Keith Mitchell" <Keith Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C271078-33EA-4DAE-8EF2-065D98C1545C@microsoft.com...
> > Hello All!!
> > I know that Windows XP Pro can only be apart of one domain at a time.
> > However, I am looking for away to have a user authenticate to two
> > different
> > domains. He is a mobile user and has just been added to management of a
> > sister company. Each company has their own domain already set up. He
> > exists
> > in one domain but will be spending equal time at the other business so he
> > will need access to their resources as well. Is there a "best Practice"
> > for
> > doing something like this?
> > So far I have thought of either making his pc part of a workgroup and
> > making sure that he has the exact same username and password at both
> > locations. However, I kmow that he needs to still be a part of his
> > original
> > domain. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Keith
>
>
>

It shouldn't make a difference what domain the PC belongs to. I would leave
the PC in the domain he mostly often uses.

--
Eric Renken
198315



"Keith Mitchell" <Keith Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC9265F4-33F4-4F9A-B136-0AEE228247DD@microsoft.com...
>
> Will it make a difference if his pc is part of a domain or does it need to
> be in a workgroup?
>
> Keith
>
>
> "Eric Renken" wrote:
>
>> My recommendation is that his username and password on both domains
>> should
>> be identical. This will do pass through authentication as it tries those
>> credentials on the other network. This works pretty well and I have used
>> it
>> before.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Renken
>> Microsoft Associate Expert.
>> Expert Zone
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>
>>
>>
>> "Keith Mitchell" <Keith Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:8C271078-33EA-4DAE-8EF2-065D98C1545C@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello All!!
>> > I know that Windows XP Pro can only be apart of one domain at a time.
>> > However, I am looking for away to have a user authenticate to two
>> > different
>> > domains. He is a mobile user and has just been added to management of
>> > a
>> > sister company. Each company has their own domain already set up. He
>> > exists
>> > in one domain but will be spending equal time at the other business so
>> > he
>> > will need access to their resources as well. Is there a "best
>> > Practice"
>> > for
>> > doing something like this?
>> > So far I have thought of either making his pc part of a workgroup and
>> > making sure that he has the exact same username and password at both
>> > locations. However, I kmow that he needs to still be a part of his
>> > original
>> > domain. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Keith
>>
>>
>>