Active Directory Domain Services 2008 : Manage Active Directory Domain Services Data - Delete a Group Object

8/4/2011 3:46:29 PM

Delete the group by using the Windows interface or the command line.

To delete a group object by using the Windows interface, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3.	In the details pane, right-click the group object you want to delete and click Delete.
4.	Click Yes on the confirmation page, shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Deleting a group object using the Windows interface.

To delete a group object by using the command line, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller.
2.	Click Start, and click Command Prompt.
3.	In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and press Enter: Dsrm "CN=ApplicationA Group,CN=Users,DC=WS08DOMAIN01,DC=LOCAL" (where "CN=ApplicationA Group,CN=Users,DC=WS08DOMAIN01,DC=LOCAL" is the distinguished name of the group you want to delete).
4.	Type Y to confirm the deletion and press Enter. Tip For a full list of dsrm parameters, go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731865.aspx.
5.	Verify that the results of the dsrm command entered above returns dsrm succeeded, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Deleting a group object using the command line.

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