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Use of ManagedBy field in Active Directory

Ian Slowey 0 Reputation points
2023-02-02T17:15:36.17+00:00

Can you assigned ore than only user to the ManagedBy field in Active Directory. I would like to start using this field to generate access reviews to Owners and some groups have multiple owners.

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  1. Thameur-BOURBITA 36,261 Reputation points Moderator
    2023-02-03T00:48:29.5533333+00:00

    Hi @Ian Slowey

    It’s not possible because the managedby attributes is a single value as mentioned in the link below:

    Managed-By attribute

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  2. Limitless Technology 44,766 Reputation points
    2023-02-03T17:18:53.0233333+00:00

    Hello

    Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to

    If you wish to Add multiple managers in Distribution group then you can do using below powershell However for User it may be not possible as it is by Design of AD.

    Set-DistributionGroup -Identity "DL-with-multiple-managers" -managedby "Manager 1,"Manager 2","Manager 3" -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck

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