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Group Automation
in Entra ID and Active Directory
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    • Department Groups
    • OU Groups
    • Delegation
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Dynamic OU Groups

Assign permissions to organizational units

All users of one OU are automatically added to one AD group.

DynamicGroup offers the flexible creation of OU groups.

Dynamic OU groups with DynamicGroup

Dynamic OU groups in Active Directory

Dynamic memberships

Select members and add them to a new OU:

  • OU structure read out by DynamicGroup
  • Create dynamic OU groups
  • Selection of users, groups, computers
    and/or contacts

Dynamic memberships in OU groups

Shadow groups - Use special OU filters

Shadow groups for OUs

Make security settings based on the OU structure
and grant permissions for:

  • File shares
  • Network shares
  • Granular password policies

Advantage: If members are added to or removed from an OU, the shadow group is automatically adjusted.

Smart Creation

Intelligent and fast creation of groups:

  • by attributes or OUs
  • with smart filter options
  • fully automatic

Smart Creation Wizard for dynamic OU groups

Types of groups - Dynamic OU groups

Types of groups

All group types have special symbols for an easy overview:

  • regular groups and dynamic groups
  • enabled and disabled dynamic groups
  • prefixes for dynamic groups can be set as default

Bulk Import

100 groups in a few seconds.
Mass creation of new groups with the help of csv-files:

  • bulk creation of regular and dynamic groups
  • create a query filter in Excel and bulk import all groups at once
  • a log shows the successful creation of all groups

Bulk import finished successfully

Dynamic OU groups with DynamicGroup 5

Shadow groups in AD

AD Automation.

Authorise OUs directly.

  • Smart mass creation of groups
  • OU based AD groups
  • Permissions based on OU and Sub-OU
  • OU groups update automatically

Contact

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+49 81 969 984 330

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  • Am Büchele 18, 86928 Hofstetten, Germany
  • +49 81 969 984 330
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