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All Groups

This tab lists all groups defined in the identity store including all active groups:

Viewing all groups from the directory source may slow down the loading of groups in the view, especially when there are more than 100 groups.

You can:

  • Manually update the membership of a Smart Group using the Update command. You can also view update details on Processing Object (s) wizard. Click OK once done.

    If you click Background, the update runs in the background and will show in the Background Tasks tab.

  • View and modify the Group Properties of a group.

  • Expire a group manually . After expiring the group, it will be listed in Expired Group list.

  • Select a smart group and click Renew on the toolbar; this re-applies the expiry policy of the group starting from today, thus renewing the group.

  • Join a group as a Join a group temporarily or Join a group permanently

    Select Other to add other users to the group.

  • Leave a group’s membership Leave a group temporarily or Leave a group permanently.

    Select Other to remove other users from the group.

  • To Join/Leave the group, you can also click on Want to write reason to group owner? and state the reason for joining or leaving the group for the group owner.

  • Update the security type of a group group using Set Security Type option. You can select one of the following security types:

    • Public
    • Semi Private
    • Private

  • Update the expiration policy of a group using Set Expiration Policy option.

    • Never Expire
    • Expire Every 30 Days
    • Expire Every 60 Days
    • Expire Every 90 Days
    • Expire Every 120 Days
    • Expire Every 6 Months
    • Expire Every Year
    • Other

  • Set owner for a group using Set Owner option. The drop down list displays two options:

    • Me: You can set yourself as the Owner.
    • Other: You can select some other user as the Owner.

  • Physically delete a group. Select a group and click Delete on the toolbar.

  • Click Attest Group to update and verify group's attributes and memberships.

  • Get a list of all groups managed by a particular group (i.e., all groups for which the selected group is a primary or additional owner).

    Select a group and click Managed By on the toolbar to get a list of groups managed by the selected group.

  • Select a group and click Move Group from the toolbar. You can specify a new container from Select Container box where you want to move the group.

  • Add a group’s email to your email contact list using the vCard.

    Select a group and click Add to Contacts on the toolbar. The portal creates the group's vCard and prompts you to save it on your machine. You can then use it to add the group's email address to your email contact list.

  • Click Add to Group to add the group into the membership of another group (Add a group to the membership of another group (nesting)).

  • Select a group and click Send Email on the toolbar. This launches the default Windows email application for sending an email to group members.

  • Click Export Results on the toolbar to export the group list to a Microsoft Excel file.

  • In the Results box, select the number of search results to display on a page.

Use the page numbers under the group listing to page through all groups.

You can also control the number of records to be displayed per page by modifying the Search results per page setting on the Portal Settings panel.

Modify Search Directory​

You can modify the search results in Modify Search Directory. You can select entire directory or a domain to search active groups from.

Transfer Ownership​

You can find Transfer Ownership option on the top right corner. Transfer Ownership enables you to:

  • Assign owners to orphan groups.
  • Transfer group ownership (including Exchange 2013/2016/2019 additional ownership) from one recipient to another.

Filter All Groups​

You can add filters in All Group Grid Filters while searching for specific groups.

Step 1 – Click Add Filter to specify a criterion for filtering groups.

Step 2 – From the Select a Filter list, select the attribute to filter groups.

Step 3 – Two more boxes get displayed next to Select a Filter box upon selecting a filter.

  • Select an Operator from the first list.
  • Specify a value for the selected operator in the second box.

Step 4 – Click Apply Filter.

Step 5 – All active groups that match the specified criterion are displayed.

Step 6 – You can add additional filters by clicking Add Filter.

Step 7 – To undo the filters, click Reset Filter. It will remove all the criteria set before.