Updating Group Membership using Windows Explorer

Information.

As the manager of a distribution group or folder security group, we encourage you to actively maintain the membership permissions. The directions below are the current method for adding or removing group members. Be aware that distribution group updates only take 30 minutes to sync online, but it can take 8 to 24 hours for your local Outlook Address Book to sync.

Step 1.

Click on the "File Explorer" button.

Step 2.

Click on "Network" and then click "Search Active Directory".

Note: If the "Network" option is not visible, right-click in the blank area of the window pane and click on "Show all folders".

Step 3.

Type the full or partial group name in the Name field and click the "Find Now" button.

Step 4.

Find the group in the search results pane and double click on it.

Step 5.

The new pop-up box will contain a list of all the current group members.

Note: Step 5a and 5b explain how to add and remove users.

Step 5a.

To delete a user, highlight their name and click the "Remove" button.

Step 5b.

To add a member, click on the "Add" button, then type the user's name (the last name, first name format works best -eg: smith, john). Click "Check Names", choose a name from the results, and click "OK".

Tips for choosing group members.

The format of employee email addresses is first initial and last name (ddragon@howardcc.edu. The format of student email addresses is first name.last name (ducan.dragon@howardcc.edu).

If you hover your cursor over the “In Folder” field to see the location of the account. This will denote a department or a student location.