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For information about Acronis security groups and their default members, see Acronis security
groups (p. 70).
2.12.7.4 Acronis security groups
On a machine running Windows, Acronis security groups determine who can manage the machine
remotely and act as Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server administrator.
These groups are created when Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agents or Acronis Backup & Recovery
10 Management Server are being installed. During installation, you can specify what users to include
in each group.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agents
When Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows is being installed on a machine, the Acronis
Remote Users group is created (or updated).
A user who is a member of this group can manage the machine remotely by using Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10 Management Console, according to the management rights described in Users'
privileges on a managed machine (p. 32).
By default, this group includes all members of the Administrators group.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server
When Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server is being installed on a machine, two
groups are created (or updated):
Acronis Centralized Admins
A user who is a member of this group is a management server administrator. Management
server administrators can connect to the management server by using Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10 Management Console; they have the same management rights on the registered
machines as users with administrative privileges on those machines—regardless of the contents
of Acronis security groups there.
To be able to connect to the management server remotely, an administrator of the management
server must also be a member of the Acronis Remote Users group.
No user—even a member of the Administrators group—can be an administrator of the
management server without being a member of the Acronis Centralized Admins group.
By default, this group includes all members of the Administrators group.
Acronis Remote Users
A user who is a member of this group can connect to the management server remotely by using
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console—provided that the user is also a member
of the Acronis Centralized Admins group.
By default, this group includes all members of the Administrators group.
On a domain controller
If a machine is a domain controller in an Active Directory domain, the names and default contents of
Acronis security groups are different:
 Instead of Acronis Remote Users and Acronis Centralized Admins, the groups are named
DCNAME $ Acronis Remote Users and DCNAME $ Acronis Centralized Admins respectively; here,