"Default" groups for new users in Active Directory?

[jonheese]

I'm not sure if this belongs here, or in the Exchange Server 2003 forum, so let me know:

I have an Active Directory 2003 domain, and I have a situation where I'd like all new users to automatically be added to a Global Distribution Group upon creation.

I'm curious if there's any way to set an arbitrary AD group as a "default" group for new users, similar to the way "Domain Users" works.

By the way, adding Domain Users to the group is not an option; it must be independent.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Regards,
Jon Heese

 

[Roadki11]

Create a template user account, add the groups you want to that user to fit your situation. Anytime a new user is created use the template user you created, right click it and copy, finish the details and you are done.

RoadKi11

 

[jonheese]

Yeah, that's a good workaround, but really not all that much simpler than just adding the new user to the group directly after creation... Especially since there are already more groups to add each user to at that point anyway (potentially different for each user though).

So is this not a configurable setting somewhere?

I was kinda hoping for like a Group Policy setting like "Default Domain User Groups" where you could add and remove any arbitrary domain groups to a list, but I scoured the GPO stuff and didn't find anything...

Regards,
Jon Heese

 

[jonheese]

I'm toying with a VBScript using the ADSI scripting stuff that runs every night and loops through the members of "Domain Users", adding each one to the target group.

I'm running into some trouble with it though, but I'm going to start a new thread, since I think it's a separate issue.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Jon Heese