Managing Virtual Groups

Virtual Groups manage groups of users and devices.

You can use Virtual Groups with Active Directory for added flexibility or as an alternative to Active Directory.

Objects can be members of more than one virtual group.

The benefits of using Virtual Groups include:

• Using the Active Directory without using it for Endpoint Security.

  For example: Different administrators manage the Active Directory and Endpoint Security.

• Your Endpoint Security requirements are more complex than the Active Directory groups. For example, you want different groups for laptop and desktop computers.

• Using a non-Active Directory LDAP tool.

• Working without LDAP.

Some virtual groups are pre-defined with users and devices assigned to them automatically.