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Create group in Active Directory

This activity allows creating group in Active Directory.

Create group in Active Directory workflow activity in the SharePoint workflow designer

Activity creates group in Active Direcotry and initializes sAMAccountName properties.

AD Property NameValue
sAMAccountNamegroup name.

By default, activity uses the current user when authenticating. If you want to use custom authentication, use “Set Active Directory authentication” activity before.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase

Create in this path, new user with logon name this logon name, first name this first name, last name this last name and password this password.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
this active directory folderCorrect LDAP path to folder. Ex: “OU=TestOU,DC=yourdomain,DC=local”.Use Active Directory Explorer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963907.aspx) to get correct path.
this group nameGroup name with domain. Ex: “Administrators”
Updated on August 12, 2026