Import an Active Directory Domain Group

Note: Windows Authentication is available in Autodesk Vault Professional.

Note: You must be assigned the role of Administrator to perform this operation.
1. Select Tools  Administration Global Settings.
2. In the Global Settings dialog, select the Security tab.
3. Click Groups.
4. In the Group Management dialog, select a vault server group and then select Actions  Promote to Domain Group.
5. In the Select Groups dialog, click Locations to specify the domain containing the Active Directory group to which the selected vault server group will be mapped. In the Locations dialog, select the domain to use and then click OK.
6. In the Select Groups dialog, enter the name of the Active Directory domain group to which the vault server group will be promoted or click Advanced to search for the group.
7. Once the group has been specified, click OK in the Select Groups dialog. The vault server group information is replaced with the domain group information.

All members of the group as well as sub-groups are imported. Groups imported from an Active Directory domain retain the group name and e-mail address from Active Directory. The domain name is displayed in front of the group name.

Note: An imported domain group can be updated to reflect changes to the Active Directory group membership. For more information, see Update a Domain Group.