How do I update an on-premise security group?

Overview

This article is for department office managers, lab coordinators or program assistants that have been designated as an owner of a security group in Active Directory. On-premise security groups can be used to grant access to certain applications, files or network shares.

Before you begin...

Be sure you meet the following requirements:

  • You are NOT attempting to update a printer access group. If you are, please see How do I manage a printer access group? as it contains important instructions specific to printers.
  • You are using a Windows computer. This process cannot be done on Macs, but the tasks can be performed from any MSU Denver networked Windows computer (e.g. a front desk or lab machine).
  • Your computer is connected to the campus network with an Ethernet cable, docking station or GlobalProtect.
  • You know the name of your group. This is given to you by ITS when your group is created. When in doubt, check with ITS.
  • Your group is hosted on-premises. If you own an cloud-hosted security group see How do I update a cloud security group?. When in doubt, check with ITS.
  • You are the owner of this group. There can be multiple group owners. If ownership needs to be changed, see below.
  • Remember that changes to membership may take time to sync depending on the service managed by your group.
  • Remember that owners need to be members of the group as well in order to gain access to the services managed by your group.

Instructions

  1. Open the File Explorer.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)
  2. Click Network in the left-hand navigation pane. 
  3. Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)Ignore messages about "Network discovery is turned off". Click OK if necessary.
  4. On the Network tab, click Search Active Directory.

  1. Search for the name of your group.

  1. Double-click the group from the list.

  1. To remove users from the group, click the person's username from the list and click Remove.
  2. To add users to the group, click the Add button, type the person's NetID, click Check Names, and then click OK (Users can be added in bulk if separated by semicolons).

  1. Be sure to click OK to save your changes.

Result

Your security group will be updated.

More information

If you encounter any issues in this process or the group owner needs to be changed, please submit a General Support - I Don't See What I Need ticket. Be sure to mention the name of the security group.

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