Why use group administrators?
Create group administrators to distribute security management in large organizations.
Group administrators have fewer access rights than the site administrator. While the site administrator
can access all security information for all client computers in the account, group administrators can
access information only for client computers in the groups they are assigned to.
1
The site administrator communicates directly with the SecurityCenter to create policies, check
reports, and maintain the SecurityCenter account.
2
The site administrator creates and manages group administrators.
3
Group administrators communicate directly with the SecurityCenter to access security data for the
groups they are assigned to.
4
Group administrators manage the client computers in their assigned groups. The management
tasks they can perform and the information they can access on the SecurityCenter depend on the
access level assigned to them.
5
The site administrator can manage all client computers in all groups.
Using the SecurityCenter
Management of group administrators
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