When to Go to Native Mode

Several features point you to going to Native Mode. With Native Mode, you have more group types and group management with nested groups.

The availability and functions of groups are described in Table 22.1. The new group types are domain local groups and universal groups. Domain local groups are similar to local groups except that they are domain wide. Domain local groups enable access to resources in the domain. This is just like local groups enabling access to machine- specific resources. Universal groups have Forest-wide scope. Universal groups can give access to resources in the any domain in the Forest and to domains in other Forests, as long as the proper trust relationship exists.

Table 22.1. Group Type Availability ...

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