Deleting a group by using XML

Use the DeleteGroup procedure of the Managed Active Directory namespace to delete 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 DeleteGroup procedure

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Managed Active Directory" procedure="DeleteGroup">
	<executeData>
		<group>LDAP://CN=myGroup1,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com</group>
		<preferredDomainController>myPrimaryDC.contoso.com</preferredDomainController>
	</executeData>
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Input for DeleteGroup

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 that you want to delete.

  <group>LDAP://LDAP path of the group</group>
  

• 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 DeleteGroup

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/).