User accounts are added to the AD RMS administrative groups by using Server Manager.
Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.
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To add users to AD RMS administrative groups |
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Log on to a server in the AD RMS cluster.
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Open Server Manager. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
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Expand Configuration, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Groups.
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Double-click the desired group, such as AD RMS Enterprise Administrators, AD RMS Auditors, or AD RMS Template Administrators.
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Click Add.
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In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, type the user name of the account in the form user_name@domain_name, click OK, and then click OK again.
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Repeat steps 1-6 for each server in the AD RMS cluster.
To reduce administrative overhead, you can add a security group to the AD RMS administrative group in Active Directory Domain Services (AS DS) and add the user accounts to the AD DS group.