1. Open Active Directory Domains and Trusts.
2. In the console tree, right-click the domain that contains the trust you want to verify, and then click Properties.
3. On the Trusts tab, under either Domains trusted by this domain (outgoing trusts) or Domains that trust this domain (incoming trusts), click the trust to be verified, and then click Properties.
4. Click Validate.
5. Do one of the following, and then click OK:
• Click No, do not validate the incoming trust.

  If you choose this option, it is recommended that you repeat this procedure for the reciprocal domain.

• Click Yes, validate the incoming trust.

  If you choose this option, you must type a user account and password with administrative credentials for the reciprocal domain.

Notes

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• You can verify trusts for shortcut, external, and forest trusts but not realm trusts.

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:

   netdom trust TrustingDomainName /d:TrustedDomainName /verify

Value	Description
TrustingDomainName	Specifies the DNS name of the trusting domain in the trust that is being verified.
TrustedDomainName	Specifies the DNS name of the domain that is trusted in the trust that is being verified.

Notes

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• You can verify trusts for shortcut, external, and forest trusts but not realm trusts.
• This command-line method requires the Netdom Windows support tool. For information about installing Windows support tools, see Related Topics.
• To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
  

  netdom trust | more