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Can you nest a distribution group in a security group?
Short answer – no but there are limitations. I would recommend just mail enabling the security group rather than nesting, but that would be based of complexity of the members/groups.
What is the difference between security group and distribution list?
Distribution groups are used for sending email notifications to a group of people. Security groups are used for granting access to resources such as SharePoint sites. Mail-enabled security groups are used for granting access to resources such as SharePoint, and emailing notifications to those users.
Can you nest mail enabled security groups?
You can nest security groups in other security groups. This can be great when you have an organization with hierarchies. You can create a security group “HR” and nest the “Payroll” security group in it.
Why do you think nesting of groups within OU’s is important?
Nesting helps you better manage and administer your environment based on business roles, functions and management rules. User and computer accounts should be members of global groups that represent business roles, such as “Sales” or “HR”. Add user and computer accounts to a global group.
Can a distribution list be used in an alert?
Distribution lists in AD can only be used in alerts if they are also set to double as security groups in SharePoint. That’s problematic for us, because our security area doesn’t want distribution list AD groups to also be used for security purposes.
Change the phrase to the name of the alert (in this case, Articles Of Interest) and click Add: Select the action to forward the alert to people or a distribution list and click on the people or public group at the bottom of the dialog box:
How to forward an alert to a public group?
Select the action to forward the alert to people or a distribution list and click on the people or public group at the bottom of the dialog box: Select your distribution list or the names of the people you want to have get the alert and click OK:
How do I set up group for mail enabled security?
In the new EAC, navigate to Recipients > Groups > Mail-enabled security. Click Add a group and follow the instructions in the details pane. Under Choose a group type section, select Mail-enabled security and click Next. Under Set up the basics section, enter the details and click Next.