Overview of Groups

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Nerdio Manager allows you to manage Groups. This includes creating groups and assigning groups to resources.

Groups can be used for email and user collaboration. In addition, they can be used for granting access to resources, such as AVD desktops, RemoteApps desktops, Apps via Intune, and enforce policies and profiles via Intune, etc.

The Groups module allows you to manage your groups. This includes adding, editing, and assigning groups to resources.

  • To view the groups, at the Account level, navigate to Entra > Groups.

  • The action menu allows you to perform a number of tasks.

  • You can search the groups based on name or email.

  • You can filter the groups based on types and assignments.

  • Select the refresh icon image632.png to refresh the list.

  • If you do not have permission to read admin users, users who hold a Microsoft Entra admin role appear as Restricted Users among the members and owners of a group.

Add a Group

Nerdio Manager allows you to add a new group.

To add a group:

  1. At the Account level, navigate to Entra > Groups.

  2. Select Add group.

  3. Enter the following information:

    • Directory Source: From the drop-down list, select the directory source.

    • Group Type: Select the group type.

      Note

      • Microsoft 365: These groups are used for email and collaboration between users, both inside and outside your company.

      • Security: These groups are used for granting access to resources, such as AVD desktops or RemoteApps desktops.

      • Distribution: These groups are used to send email to a group of recipients. You can select this type only when Exchange Online is enabled for the account. Otherwise the option is unavailable and the helper text explains that Exchange Online is required.

    • Name: Type the group's name.

    • Description: Type the group's description.

    • For Microsoft 365 groups:

      • Privacy: Select the privacy type.

        Note

        Select Public to create a Microsoft 365 group where the group content is publicly visible. Select Private to ensure that only group members can view the group's content.

      • Teams: Select Yes to create a team for your Microsoft 365 group.

        Note

        To create a team, this group needs to have at least one owner, and all the owners must have a license that includes ‎Teams.

      • Email Address: Type the email address for the Microsoft 365 group.

    • For Distribution groups:

      • Email: Type the group's email address. The address is required and validated, and you cannot use an address that already exists.

      • Allow external senders to send an email to this group: Select this option to let people outside your organization email the group.

      • Hide from global address list: Select this option to hide the group from the global address list. When you add a group, the option is unavailable with the tooltip This setting can only be configured after the group has been created. You can change it when you edit the group.

      • JOINING THE GROUP: Select Open (anyone can join without owner approval), Closed (only group owners can add members, and all requests to join are declined automatically), or Owner approval (anyone can request to join, and owners must approve the request).

      • LEAVING THE GROUP: Select Open (anyone can leave without owner approval) or Closed (only group owners can remove members, and all requests to leave are declined automatically).

      • Owners (required) and Members (optional): Select the recipients.

    • For dynamic groups, use the dynamic membership rule section to build the rule that decides who the members are. Build the rule in the same way as for a group template (see Group templates: Overview, creation, and management), and validate the rule before you save. The rule editor lists the built-in rules, for example Emergency access.

    • Members: From the drop-down list, select the group member(s).

      Note

      Members can be either users or devices.

    • Owners: From the drop-down list, select the group owner(s).

  4. Once you have entered all the desired information, select OK.

Note

Once you have created groups, you can manage them from the Groups page.

  • Select the group's name to edit the group.

  • From the action menu, select Delete to delete a group.

Assign a Group to Resources

Nerdio Manager allows you to assign groups to resources.

To assign a group to resources:

  1. At the Account level, navigate to Entra > Groups.

  2. Locate the group you wish to work with.

  3. From the action menu, select the resource type you wish to manage.

    • For AVD Desktops, select the desktop host pool(s).

    • For AVD RemoteApps, select the RemoteApps host pool(s).

    • For Cloud PC, from the drop-down lists, select the Image and Network Connection (VNet/Subnet).

      Note

      Select a Cloud PC-enabled desktop image. This image is used to create Cloud PCs for users in this group that have been assigned a Microsoft 365 Cloud PC license.

    • For Intune Devices, select the device(s).

  4. Once you have made your selections, select Confirm.

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