Adding a User or Group to a Configuration Manager Security Role

Adding a User or Group to a Configuration Manager Security Role

Purpose

To grant a user permissions to Configuration Manager through role based assignment using either direct membership or by group membership.

Description

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to 'Administration' > 'Overview' > 'Security' and right click on 'Administrative Users'.
    ConfigurationManagerConsoleAdministration
  2. In the context menu, click on 'Add User or Group'.
  3. In the 'Add User or Group' window, click the Browse button.
    ConfigurationManagerAddUserGroup
  4. In the 'Select User, Computer, or Group' window, enter the user name or group name into the textbox.
    ActiveDirectorySelectUserGroup
  5. Click the 'Check Names' button to resolve the name from Active Directory.
  6. When finished, click the 'OK' button.
  7. In the 'Add User or Group' window, click the 'Add' button.
    ConfigurationManagerAddUserGroupAdd
  8. On the 'Add Security Role' window, select the appropriate Security Role(s) from the list.
    To administer Lenovo Patch, a user or group will need at minimum one of the 3 roles indicated above.
    ConfigurationManagerAddSecurityRole
  9. Once all selections have been made, click 'OK'.
  10. In the 'Add User or Group' window, select the Security Scope option for 'All instances of the objects that are related to the assigned security roles'.
    ConfigurationManagerAddUserGroupSecurityScopeAll
  11. Click 'OK'.

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