1. Open Active Directory Domains and Trusts.
2. In the console tree, right-click the domain node for the domain you want to establish a shortcut trust with, and then click Properties.
3. On the Trusts tab, click New Trust, and then click Next.
4. On the Trust Name page, type the DNS name (or NetBIOS name) of the domain, and then click Next.
5. On the Direction of Trust page, do one of the following:
• To create a two-way, shortcut trust, click Two-way.

  Users in this domain and users in the specified domain can can use this trust path.

• To create a one-way, incoming shortcut trust, click One-way:incoming.

  Users in the specified domain will not be able to use this trust path.

• To create a one-way, outgoing shortcut trust, click One-way:outgoing.

  Users in this domain will not be able to use this trust path.

6. Continue to follow the wizard.

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• If you have the appropriate administrative credentials for each domain, you can create both sides of a shortcut trust at the same time by clicking Both this domain and the specified domain on the Sides of Trust page. For more information, see Related Topics.

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:

   netdom trust TrustingDomainName /d:TrustedDomainName /add

Value	Description
TrustingDomainName	Specifies the DNS name (or NetBIOS name) of the trusting domain in the trust being created.
TrustedDomainName	Specifies the DNS name (or NetBIOS name) of the domain that will be trusted in the trust being created.

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• This command-line method requires the Netdom Windows support tool. For information about installing Windows support tools, see Related Topics.
• Other switches can be used to assign a password or determine the direction of the trust. For example, to make the above trust a two-way, transitive trust you would use the following syntax:

netdom trust TrustingDomainName /d:TrustedDomainName /add /twoway

• To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
  

  netdom trust | more