When creating a group in Microsoft Active Directory you are given two options to choose from. One Security and the other is distribution. These two groups serves different purpose and it is vital to understand the purpose before you create a group. Let's look what these groups allows you to do.
Security Group
- Allows you to manage user and computer access to shared resources.
- Allows you to control who receives group policy settings.
- Allows you to set permissions once on multiple computers, then change the membership of the group as your needs change.
- Also, allows you to use these groups as email distribution lists.
Distribution Group
- Distribution groups are intended to be used as email distribution lists and used with applications such as Microsoft Exchange or Outlook. This group allows you to add and remove contacts from the list so that they will or will not receive email sent to the distribution group.
- However, you will not be able to use distribution groups for the purpose of assigning permissions on any objects. Also, you can't use them to filter group policy settings.
Security Group
- Allows you to manage user and computer access to shared resources.
- Allows you to control who receives group policy settings.
- Allows you to set permissions once on multiple computers, then change the membership of the group as your needs change.
- Also, allows you to use these groups as email distribution lists.
Distribution Group
- Distribution groups are intended to be used as email distribution lists and used with applications such as Microsoft Exchange or Outlook. This group allows you to add and remove contacts from the list so that they will or will not receive email sent to the distribution group.
- However, you will not be able to use distribution groups for the purpose of assigning permissions on any objects. Also, you can't use them to filter group policy settings.
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