To administer user accounts, groups and computers in the Active Directory (globally or on a selected OUs), please refer to the following table for details:

Operation Permissions Needed
User Management
Create Users • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have permissions to create, delete, and manage user accounts or equivalent permissions in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Modify Users • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have permissions to create, delete, and manage user accounts or equivalent permissions in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory

Note: It is also possible to grant the permissions to modify on specific attributes instead of the object as a whole
Delete Users • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have permissions to create, delete, and manage user accounts or equivalent permissions in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Computer Management
Create Computers • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have the ‘Computer Objects – Create selected objects in this folder’ permission, or an equivalent permission in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Modify Computers • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have the ‘Computer Objects – Create selected objects in this folder: with write permission’, or an equivalent permission in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Delete Computers • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have the ‘Computer Objects – Delete selected objects’ permission, or an equivalent permission in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Group Management
Create Groups • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have the ‘Create, manage and delete user groups’ permission, or an equivalent permission in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Modify Groups • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have the ‘Create, manage and delete user groups’ permission, or an equivalent permission in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory
Delete Groups • Must be a member of the built-in Administrators group or Account Operators group, or,
• Must have the ‘Create, manage and delete user groups’ permission, or an equivalent permission in the relevant OU or container in Active Directory

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