Configuration Wizard fails to complete when configuring a site for Active Directory authentication

PROBLEM

During an new Installation or changing an existing installation to use Windows Authentication for AD sync,  an error occurs after entering the Windows Domain Account and selecting Windows Authentication and clicking next. 

SYMPTOMS

The following error is shown in the ConfigWizard.log located in [InstallDir]\Logs\.

Warning   2015-Aug-17 11:09:20.918   prairieFyre.Security.NTAccountManager Error occurred validating credentials for FSB\micc_sync: 
--- Start Exception Stack ---
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007200A): The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist.

   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_SchemaEntry()
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ADStoreCtx.IsContainer(DirectoryEntry de)
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ADStoreCtx..ctor(DirectoryEntry ctxBase, Boolean ownCtxBase, String username, String password, ContextOptions options)
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.CreateContextFromDirectoryEntry(DirectoryEntry entry)
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoLDAPDirectoryInitNoContainer()
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoDomainInit()
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.Initialize()
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.get_QueryCtx()
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.Principal.FindByIdentityWithTypeHelper(PrincipalContext context, Type principalType, Nullable`1 identityType, String identityValue, DateTime refDate)
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.Principal.FindByIdentityWithType(PrincipalContext context, Type principalType, IdentityType identityType, String identityValue)
   at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(PrincipalContext context, IdentityType identityType, String identityValue)
   at prairieFyre.Security.NTAccountManager.ActOnUserPrincipal(QualifiedName qualifiedName, Func`3 action)
   at prairieFyre.Security.NTAccountManager.AreCredentialsValid(String userName, String password)
--- End Exception Stack ---

Warning   2015-Aug-17 11:09:20.918   Invalid username or password. Please correct the credentials and try again.
This account must be a minimum of a local administrator account on this machine and the password should be set to never expire.
Credentials must be provided in the format of MACHINE\Username or DOMAIN\Username if using a domain account.
Verbose   2015-Aug-17 11:09:35.032   Validating credentials took : 00:00:00.0123683

RESOLUTION

In order to resolve this error you will need to assign read rights to both CN=Users and CN=Computers default AD containers for the account specified in your configuration. 

APPLIES TO

MiCC 7.1 and Newer