WD Lesson - 33

Creating and Administering Groups

After assessing the user needs and having a group plan in place, we might find it necessary to carry out various administrative tasks to maintain them. These tasks include:

■ Creating the groups

■ Deleting the groups

■ Adding the members

■ Changing group scope

Creating a Group

1.         Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users And Computers.

2.         Right-click the appropriate domain, OU, or container, point to New, and click Group.

3.         Select the group scope in the Group Scope box. Select the group type in the

Group Type box. Click OK.

Deleting a Group

• When we delete a group, we delete only the group and the permissions and rights associated with it.
• Deleting a group does not delete the user accounts that are members of the group.

To delete a group, complete the following steps:

1. Right-click the group, and then click Delete.

2. Click Yes in the Active Directory dialog box.

Adding Members to a Group

1.         Start the Active Directory Users And Computers console and expand the domain, OU, or container in which the group is contained.

2.         Right-click the appropriate group, and then click Properties.

3.         In the Properties dialog box for the group, click the Members tab, and then click Add.

4.         In the Select Users, Contacts, Computers, Or Groups dialog box, shown in Figure below, click Advanced.

5.         In the extended Select Users, Contacts, Computers, Or Groups dialog box,

shown in Figure above, click Find Now. Scroll through the list at the bottom of the dialog box and select the user, contact, computer, or group that you want to add to the group. Hold down the SHIFT or CTRL key to select multiple users, contacts, computers, or groups at a time. Click OK.

Changing the Group Scope

1.         Start the Active Directory Users And Computers console and expand the domain, OU, or container in which the group is contained.

2.         Right-click the appropriate group, and then click Properties.

3.         Change the group scope in the General tab of the Properties dialog box for the group. Click OK.