Adding a computer to a security group

A security group provides a convenient way of organising a collection of members, such as users, computers, or other security groups, and provides an easy way to manage resources. For example, you can create a security group for 'All Users' and 'Library Computers' and give the group Internet access settings for time slots corresponding to lunchtime and after school.

To add a computer to a security group

From the left-hand pane, expand Computers and choose All Computers.
From the right-hand pane, right-click the computer and from the menu, choose Properties.
Choose the Groups tab. The security groups are shown. If you wish to show all groups, tick the 'Show all groups' box.
To add a group, from the 'Available groups' list, select the group you want the computer to be a member of and click the > button, or double-click the group.
Click OK.

Notes

Computer properties are also available by selecting the computer and choosing in the toolbar, or from the File menu choosing Properties.
You can use the same process for multiple computers. Use the All Computers smart-list to select all of the computers. (You can filter the smart-list to easily find the required computers.)
When multiple computers are selected and they are not all members of the same groups, those groups that all the computers are not a member of will be shown in grey text. If one of the groups that not all the computers are a member of is then added to the 'Member of' list, the text will become black indicating that it now applies to all the selected computers.