---
id: 8098
title: "MachineAccountQuota Transitive Quota: 110 Accounts and Beyond"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/machineaccountquota-transitive-quota/"
published_at: "2019-08-29T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "windows", "msrc", "machineaccountquota", "powermad", "machine-accounts", "account-creation"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8098"
lang: en
---

# MachineAccountQuota Transitive Quota: 110 Accounts and Beyond

## Summary

Kevin Robertson examines Active Directory's transitive machine account quota: AD applies a Q*(Q+1) formula capped at 110 by default, but recursive creation via Powermad could randomly exceed it.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/machineaccountquota-transitive-quota/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8098