Managing Manual Group Memberships
Introduction
Follow this procedure if you wish to view, add, or remove memberships from an existing manual Enterprise Group.
This document covers general how-to information on the management of Enterprise Groups in Active Directory. For documentation specific to the portal, please see Managing Portal and Workflow Active Directory Groups.
Connect to Admin Server
Connect to the appropriate Admin server via RDP (Remote Desktop).
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Server: p-admin-ad-2.ad.calpoly.edu
- For DEV, use: d-its-admin-01.ad-dev.calpoly.edu
- For TST, use: t-its-admin01.ad-tst.calpoly.edu
- For PRD, use p-admin-ad-2.ad.calpoly.edu
- Select "Use another account"
- Enter your username, including the CALPOLY\ prefix: CALPOLY\jmustang
- Enter your password and click OK.
Launch Active Directory Administrative Center
Once connected to the Admin server, you must start the Active Directory Administrative Center application.
Windows users: Be sure you are in full screen on your primary monitor, otherwise the Windows Logo Key 
will not be sent to the remote desktop.
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Press the Windows Logo Key
, or, for Mac users, the Command key. This will open the Start pane of Windows. - Start typing "active"
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Find and click on the Active Directory Administrative Center application.
Once the Active Directory Administrative Center is running, you can "Pin" it to the task bar. Next time, you can just click on this task bar icon.
Navigate to your delegated Groups OU
- Switch to Tree View in the navigation pane.
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Navigate to the Groups/Manual OU.
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Navigate to the delegated Groups OU with the information given to you by the Identity Management or Portal team.
- Portal groups are under /Manual/IS/Portal/uPortal (these groups generally grant access for users to Portlets)
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Workflow groups are under /Manual/IS/Portal/Workflow (these groups generally grant access for users to Workflows)
Open an Existing Group
- Select the Group and click Properties in the Tasks pane on the right.
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View Group Members
- Select the Members section in the left pane.
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Add Group Members
Follow this procedure only if you wish to add members to the group. See next section if you wish to remove members from the group.
- Click the Add... button in the Members section.
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Enter the usernames of the people you would like to add as members of this group. This list is semicolon separated, e.g. username@calpoly.edu. Then click the Check Names button.
- Click OK on the Select Users dialog box.
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The selected users are now listed in the Members section.
Remove Group Members
Follow this procedure only if you wish to remove members from the group.
The Active Directory Administrative Center does not ask for confirmation when removing group members.
- Select the member(s) you want to delete and click the Remove button.
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- Click the OK button.
Disconnect from Admin Server
When you have completed your work you can disconnect from the Admin Server.
- Press the keyboard combination <Ctrl> <Esc> at the same time to get to the Start pane.
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In the upper right corner, click on your name and then click on Sign out.
