Transfer Ownership

The Transfer Ownership wizard provides a convenient way to:

• Assign ownership to orphan groups.
• Transfer group ownership (including Exchange 2016/2019 additional ownerships) from one recipient to another.

Depending on the number of groups and the amount of available bandwidth between Directory Manager and the messaging system server (such as Exchange server) or directory server, this process may take several minutes.

Transfer the ownership of a group

Follow the steps to transfer the ownership of a group.

1. In Directory Managerportal, from the left pane, select All Groups or My Groups under Groups and select Transfer Ownership option on the top right corner.

2. On the Containers page, click Browse to select an organizational unit, domain, or the entire directory.

   Your selection determines where the wizard searches for the groups to transfer their ownership. The smaller the selection, the less time it takes to carry out the transfer.

   Specify whether to search for groups in sub-containers by selecting or clearing the Include sub-containers check box.

   The scope of this setting varies, depending on the container that you selected in the previo us step. The following table explains the actual structures searched when you select the Include sub-containers option:

   Selected Container	Selecting Include sub-containers
   Organizational Unit	Includes the Sub-organizational units in the search for required groups.
   Domain	Includes all organizational units and their sub-trees in the search for required groups.
   Entire Directory	Searches the entire forest.

   NOTE: For Active Directory, if the search container is set to Global Catalog and Extension Data is not replicated to the Global Catalog, additional ownership of the groups will not be transferred.

3. Click Next.

4. On the Existing Owner page, select one of the following:

   1. No Owner: To change the ownership of groups without owner.
   2. Selected Owner: To change the ownership of groups managed by a owner. This option includes all groups for which the selected owner is the primary owner, additional owner, or Exchange 2013/2016/2019 additional owner. After selecting this option, click Browse and use the Find dialog box to select the required owner.

   Click the Preview button to view the list of groups that match the given criteria for ownership transfer.

5. Click Next.

6. On the New Owner page, click Browse to select a new owner using the Find dialog box.

7. Click Next.

8. The Summary page displays following details regarding Ownership

   1. Existing Owner: It will display name of the owner who owns that group. In case of the group has no owner, it will display None.
   2. Container: It will display the container name you selected in On the Containers page, click Browse to select an organizational unit, domain, or the entire directory..
   3. Include Subcontainers: It will say Yes if you have selected the Include Subcontainers checkbox and No otherwise.
   4. New Owner: It will display the name of new owner that you selected in On the New Owner page, click Browse to select a new owner using the Find dialog box..

9. Click Finish to complete ownership transfer.

10. The Transferring ownership page displays the transfer progress. Click Show Details to view object name and status.

    The page displays the distinguished names of all groups that have been successfully processed and transferred to the new owner. It also displays any errors that were encountered during the process.