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EmpowerID allows you to easily add one or more groups as members of another group. When you do so, members of the added groups gain any entitlements and delegations associated with the group to which they are being added. For example, if you a group with a policy that specifies that members of that group have a home folder, and you add a group without such a policy to that group, then the members of the group without the policy will be given a home folder.

This topic demonstrates how to add groups to groups in EmpowerID.

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To add a group to another group

1. In the Navigation Sidebarnavigation sidebar, expand Identities and Identity Administration and click Groups.

2. Search for the group in which you want to nest another group and then click the record for that group. A list of contextual actions that can be executed against that group appear in the Actions pane.

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3. Click the Add Group to Group action.
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4. In the Group Lookup that appears, search for the group you want to add to the group .Tick and then tick the box beside the group it to select it.
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5. Repeat, steps 5 and 6, adding as many groups as needed.
6. When you have finished adding groups, click Submit.
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7. Click Yes to confirm you want to add the group(s) to the group and then click . 
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8. Click OK to close the Operation Execution Summary.
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To verify the nested group in EmpowerID

1. From the grid, click the Logon Name link for the group.
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   This directs you to the View One page for the group. View One pages allow you to view details about an object in EmpowerID and make changes to those objects as needed.
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   From the View One page, expand the Nested Group Members accordion to verify that records for the new members appear.
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   If you have an email address that is registered in EmpowerID, you can have EmpowerID email you the group membership by clicking the email icon.

   navigation sidebar, expand System Logs and then click Audit Log.
2. From the Audit Log, search for the group in question.
   
   You should see two or more records, depending on the number of groups involved.
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To verify the nested group in Active Directory

1. On a server with the Active Directory PowerShell module, run the following PowerShell cmdlet (substituting the group in the cmdlet with the group you nested):
   
   

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   Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership "London ContractorsAutomation GVR1"

   
   

2. Verifty that the group is a member of the group to which you added it.
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