Creating a Group

Creating a Group

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to create a group in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to create a group named RODCAdmins in the Fabrikam.com domain:
New-ADGroup -Name "RODC Admins" -SamAccountName RODCAdmins -GroupCategory Security -GroupScope Global -DisplayName "RODC Administrators" -Path "CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=Com"

Additional information

You can use the following parameters when you set many of the common values that are associated with creating a group:

• GroupCategory
  
• HomePage
  
• ManagedBy
  
• State
  
• StreetAddress
  
• Description
  
• DisplayName
  

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to New-ADGroup, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help New-ADGroup –detailed, and then press ENTER.