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…

+1 I think the data is already present in the auditor. It should be “only” a matter of quering it in the right order

Netwrix Auditor is great for tracking changes, but its state-in-time features—like viewing permissions—could be improved to help companies optimize them more easily. For example, the ‘Excessive Access Permissions’ report shows users, but not the groups. Since most companies manage permissions throu…

If this Idea interests you, vote for it here! [image] New report for groups not used for File-Server permission Ideas What is a one sentence summary of your feature request? Add a report that lists AD groups not used in File-Server permissions Please desc…

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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New report for groups not used for File-Server permission Ideas new , ideas	0	58	April 24, 2025
Filter out AD Group or OU from permissions reports Ideas under-review , ideas	5	202	October 22, 2025
Netwrix Effective Permissions Reporting Tool News active-directory , compliance , access-control , permissions-reporting	0	91	June 10, 2026
Fileshare permissions by security group report request Ideas new , ideas	0	39	August 21, 2025
Ability to exclude users/groups from Reports Ideas new , ideas	1	50	August 5, 2026

Finding AD groups without permissions set on fileserver

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