Hi, Cleaning up AD permissions is a big task for most organizations when it comes to security, and Netwrix Auditor already provides a lot of insightful information such as empty security groups or users with excessive access rights. Is there a way with Netwrix Auditor to locate groups in AD that a…

Hello Benjamin, Thanks for the question. Netwrix Auditor does have the ability to be able to tell you about Empty Security Groups but not groups that are not being used for File Server permissions. We do have a module called Access Reviews which can review the membership of your AD groups as well…

Finding AD groups without permissions set on fileserver

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derek.putnam (Derek Putnam) April 28, 2025, 7:24pm 5

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Finding AD groups without permissions set on fileserver

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