Dsadd group

<GroupDN>

Required. Specifies the distinguished name of the group that you want to add. If you omit the distinguished name, dsadd takes the name from standard input (stdin).

-secgrp {yes | no}

Specifies whether the group that you want to add is a security group (yes) or a distribution group (no). By default, dsadd adds the group as a security group (yes).

-scope {l | g | u}

Specifies whether the scope of the group that you want to add is domain local (l), global (g), or universal (u). If the domain is in mixed-mode, then AD DS does not support the universal scope. By default, dsadd sets the scope of the group to global.

-samid <SAMName>

Specifies to use the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) name as the unique SAM account name for this group, for example, operators. If you do not specify this parameter, dsadd generates the SAM account name from the relative distinguished name.

-desc <Description>

Specifies the description of the group that you want to add.

-memberof <Group> ...

Specifies other groups of which the new group that you are adding is a member.

-members <Member> ...

Specifies the members to add to the new group.

{-s <Server> | -d Domain}

Connects to a remote server or domain that you specify. By default, dsadd connects the computer to the domain controller in the logon domain.

-u <UserName>

Specifies the user name with which the user logs on to a remote server. By default, -u uses the user name with which the user logged on. You can use any of the following formats to specify a user name:

• user name (for example, Linda)
  
  
• domain\user name (for example, widgets\Linda)
  
  
• user principal name (UPN) (for example, Linda@widgets.contoso.com)
  
  

-p {<Password> | *}

Specifies to use either a password or a an asterisk (*) to log on to a remote server. If you type *, you are prompted for a password.

-q

Suppresses all output to standard output (quiet mode).

{-uc | -uco | -uci}

Specifies that dsadd formats output or input data in Unicode. The following list explains each format.

• -uc: Specifies a Unicode format for input from or output to a pipe (|).
  
  
• -uco : Specifies a Unicode format for output to a pipe (|) or a file.
  
  
• -uci: Specifies a Unicode format for input from a pipe (|) or a file.
  
  

/?

Displays help at the command prompt.