Active Directory Notes

Security Groups

Security groups can be used to assign user rights and assign permissions to resources.

Group Scopes

  • Universal: can grant permissions in any domain in the same forest or trusting forest

  • Global: can grant permissions on any domain in the same forest, or trusting domains or forests

  • Domain local: can grant permissions within the same domain

Special Identities

  • They can still be assigned rights and permissions but cannot view or edit their memberships

  • Group scopes do not apply

  • Examples: Authenticated User, Everyone

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