Copying AD Group Attributes


 

This feature helps you create a new Distribution or Security group in the Active Directory by just copying the attributes of an existing group. Further, this feature also gives you the 'granular copy' option. That is, instead of copying all the attributes of a group, you can copy only the specific attributes that are required

 

Besides creating a new group, you can also create a new group creation template, with the appropriate values for the desired attributes, using this feature.

 

Steps to use the 'copy group attributes' feature:

 

 

Select Attributes for Copying

 

This option helps you choose the attributes that you wish to copy from the selected group. Once you pick a set of attributes, the same set of attributes will be copied during every 'copy' operation. However, you can edit your selection whenever needed.

 

To select the attributes to be copied,

 

   

Note:

  • This selection will be used for all 'copy' operations (for creating a new group and also for creating a group creation template).
  • If all the attributes in a category are selected, the checkbox of that corresponding attribute will have a tick mark inside it. If only specific attributes of a category are selected, there will be a solid square inside the check box instead of a tick mark. The checkbox will be empty, if no attribute is selected.
  • The attributes selected are technician/user specific. That is, if a technician selects a specific set of attributes, only those attributes will be copied every time the technician uses the copy feature.