Hi,
What is the Difference between a Security Group and Distribution group.
Please dont send me to some links .Need some easy understandable explanation.
Confused with these groups.
Security Global,Security Universal,Security Mail enabled,Security Domain Local
Distribution Global,DistributionUnivers
What are all these and Can we add a security group to a distribution group and vise versa
Can we add a Security group as a member of a Distribution and vise versa
Regards
Sharath
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A distribution group is used to distribute e-mail to a group of users. It can only be used for this purpose.
A security group is used to delegate permissions to a group of objects on a resource such as a file or directory or even an OU within AD.
A security group can be mail-enabled so you can use it like a distribution group. A distribution group cannot be used for delegation of permissions. When in doubt, use the security group.
Hi Sharath,
What you have noticed about both security and distribution groups having the "Domain Local", "Global" and "Universal" permissions is actually known as the Scope of a group.
A domain local is probably, in my opinion, one of the worst to use unless you have a specific reason to use it. This type of group can contain members from any other domain within the same forest, including users, computers, universal groups, global groups and other domain local groups *within the same domain*. However, the domain local group can only be used to secure access to resources or objects (printers, files, databases etc.) in the same domain as it is created. It cannot be used across the forest.
A global group is a group which can roam between other trusting domains and can be used in these domains to secure access to resources too. However a global group can only contain members from the domain it was created in.
A universal group is one which can contain members from anywhere in the forest and can be used anywhere in the forest. It isn't restricted to only containing members or only being used in one individual domain.
And, to answer your question, yes you can nest distribution and security groups inside each other, although I don't know what effect this will have, if any.
-tigermatt
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