1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the console tree, right-click the folder in which you want to add a new group.

   Where?

   • Active Directory Users and Computers
   • domain node
   • folder
3. Point to New, and then click Group.
4. Type the name of the new group.

   By default, the name you type is also entered as the pre-Windows 2000 name of the new group.

5. In Group scope, click one of the options.
6. In Group type, click one of the options.

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• To add a group, you can also click the folder in which you want to add the group, and then click on the toolbar.
• If the domain in which you are creating the group is set to the domain functional level of Windows 2000 mixed, you can select only the Security group type with Domain local or Global scopes. For more information, see Related Topics.

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:

   dsadd group GroupDN -samid SAMName -secgrp yes | no -scope l | g | u

Value	Description
GroupDN	Specifies the distinguished name of the group object that you want to add.
SAMName	Specifies to use the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) name as the unique SAM account name for this group (for example, operators).
yes | no	Specifies whether the group you want to add is a security group (yes) or a distribution group (no).
l | g | u	Specifies whether the scope of the group you want to add is domain local (l), global (g), or universal (u).

Notes

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• If the domain in which you are creating the group is set to the domain functional level of Windows 2000 mixed, you can select only the Security group type with Domain local or Global scopes. For more information, see Related Topics.
• To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
  

  dsadd group /?