Adding a Group

A Group or Organizational Unit refers to a group of computers.

Complete the following steps to add a Group:

1. Click Add Group.

2. Specify a Group Name. For example, you can specify Accounts.

3. Select a Parent Group. The newly added Group will be categorized under the Parent Group. The Parent Group must already exist. For example, Sales group can be the Parent Group for Customer Service since the Customer Service department is part of the Sales department.

4. Select the Enforced Policy. This Policy will be applied on all computers belonging to this group. (Not applicable for Windows Server.)

5. Select Set AD based OU association for this group. Select this option to associate this group with an Active Directory Organizational Unit. (For more information on Active Directory users and groups go to Active Directory Users). Specify the following options:

   • Domain name – select the domain name from the drop-down.

   • AD Machine OU – select the available Organizational Unit for the selected domain from the drop-down.

     If you have upgraded to the latest Cloud Agent on all computers, the Active Directory Organizational Units are automatically visible in the AD Machine OU drop-down for the selected domain name.

     Once you have created an association between a Group and an Organizational Unit, the Organizational Units are displayed on the Groups page. Active Directory integration offers the ability to assign different policies to various Organizational Units based on your requirement.

     An Organizational Unit can only be assigned to one Group manually. An Organizational Unit on the Groups page refers to a group of computers.

6. Click Add.

If the Parent Group already has an Enforced Policy, the new Group will inherit the policy.

If the Enforced Policy is changed to None for a particular Group, the old Policy will remain on the computers.

If there was no Enforced Policy for the Group and a new Policy is added to the Group, the new Policy will be enforced on all computers in the Group.