Policy Regarding Local Admin Rights for Windows users

Note: ITS technicians are able to remotely add/remove a user’s local administrator access from any Fairfield issued PC.

End-users are not to be given local admin rights on Window computers. If a user requires temporary local admin rights please open a separate ticket that includes the date and time the user was given local administrator rights. This ticket is to stay open until temporary local admin rights are removed by the technician that originally opened the ticket.

In the ticket please make the subject “Temporary Local Admin” The body of the ticket should include the name of the computer you are giving the end-user admin rights to, the date access was given, and any applications the user would like to install. Users should not be given local administrator rights for more than 48 hours.

If you have questions about this policy please contact Doug Fisher at gfisher@fairfield.edu.