Adding a member to a group by using XML

Use the GroupAdd procedure of the Managed Active Directory namespace to add a member to a group in Active Directory.

This procedure expects to be called with impersonate="1". The procedure impersonates the caller.

Example of a request that calls the GroupAdd procedure

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Managed Active Directory" procedure="GroupAdd">
	<executeData>
		<group>LDAP://CN=Administrators,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com</group>
		<newMember>LDAP://CN=myUser1,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com</newMember>
		<preferredDomainController>myPrimaryDC.contoso.com</preferredDomainController>
	</executeData>
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Input for GroupAdd

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the group
Use the <group> element to specify the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the group to which you want to add a member.
```
<group>LDAP://LDAP path of the group</group>
```
LDAP path of the object to add to the group
In the <newMember> element, specify the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the object (for example, a user or another group) that you want to add to the group.

<newMember>LDAP://LDAP path of the object</newMember>

Preferred domain controller (optional)
By using the <preferredDomainController> element, you can specify the domain controller that you want to use for this request. Using a single preferred domain controller eliminates replication delays that arise between multiple controllers.
```
<preferredDomainController>your domain controller</preferredDomainController>
```

Typical response for GroupAdd

The response to this procedure does not contain significant data.

Important

Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that the procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).