Documentation forAccess Rights Manager

Identify the depth of group nesting

Over time, Active Directory (AD) can grow and contain a large number of nested levels. The ARM dashboard displays levels up to level 10. Based on Microsoft best practices, your AD should contain no more than three or four levels.

Using ARM, you can identify these critical areas in AD and restructure them with minimal effort. To maintain low nesting levels and a well-organized AD structure, SolarWinds recommends creating additional groups with specific functionalities.

See Reduce multiple groups to one group for more information.

  1. Log in to the Access Rights Manager application.

  2. In the toolbar, click Dashboard.

  3. Under Depth of nested groups, click a nested column level.

    The following screen is displayed.

    In this scenario, the screen switches to Multiselection (1). ARM automatically filters the groups by the selected nesting level (2). In the right column (3), the Tree tab lists the nested levels.