Managing Active Directory Groups happens to be a mammoth venture of time and efforts for most Active Directory administrators. The native active directory allows you to configure groups and assign various group attributes. However, it is a complex procedure and invloves numerous steps even to achieve simple tasks. ManageEngine ADManager Plus comes with specialized active directory solutions to simplify every aspect of Microsoft Active Directory Management and Reporting. The Group Management module of ADManager Plus eases out the otherwise complicated task of managing Active directory Groups. It features three important aspects of Group Management namely Bulk Group Creation, Bulk Group Modification and AD Reports based Group Management. More information on Active Directory Bulk Group Management is explained below.

• Bulk Create Active Directory Distribution Lists.
• Create Multiple Active Directory Groups.
• Import a CSV file and create groups in patch.
• Single instance Creation of AD Distribution Groups.
• Simplify Active Directory Group Provisioning.

• Modify the the email, description and notes sections of Organization Attributes.
• Update membership of Groups and Distribution lists.
• Update the Managed By field for multiple groups.

Move Groups

• Move multiple groups to a different container.
• Import the active directory groups to moved in a CSV file.
• Learn how to move group accounts..

ADManager Plus allows administrator to delete active directory groups in bulk instead of deleting them one by one using the native Active Directory.

• Delete multiple AD groups.
• Identify disabled and inactive groups and delete them.

Active Directory Reset Password
Resetting expired, forgotten or compromised passwords is a everyday work for Administrators. ADManager Plus has an in-built dedicated feature aimed at reducing this manual work

Active Directory Terminal Services
Microsoft Terminal Services allows IT departments to bring their applications to a single server for use by users anywhere in the world. ADManager Plus facilitates the bulk modification of these terminal services attributes from one single place.

Cleanup your Active Directory by Removing unused user accounts
Over time, user and computer accounts become obsolete and needs elimination. ADManager Plus helps you to trace out all inactive, disabled, account-expired users and computers in Active Directory.

Give restricted access to help desk and IT staff to manage AD users and objects
The administrator can create a login for the HR personnel with the permission to create new users in the Active Directory. The HR personnel can login and access only the delegated task of creating new users