https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/allow-portal-and-agol-admins-to-manage-groups/m-p/1583708#M16230 <P>A significant issue exists with managing groups in Portal and ArcGIS Online, especially when dealing with Active Directory (AD) groups. Currently, only group owners can administer groups, which creates serious challenges for long-term management and continuity.</P><P>This problem becomes particularly evident with AD-linked groups:</P><UL><LI>Group owners can't add other admins since members are restricted to AD users.</LI><LI>Ownership can only be transferred to existing AD group members, who are typically standard users without administrative privileges.</LI><LI>When a group owner leaves the organization, administrators are forced to manually remove all apps, maps, and other content from the group just to delete it. This is followed by transferring the content to a new admin user and recreating the AD group from scratch.</LI></UL><P>Allowing Admins to manage groups without being members would solve this issue, improving efficiency and reducing administrative burdens. It would ensure that content and group structures remain intact even when ownership changes, making group management more flexible and reliable.</P> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:11:13 GMT MelanieWawryk 2025-02-10T17:11:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/allow-portal-and-agol-admins-to-manage-groups/m-p/1583708#M16230 <P>A significant issue exists with managing groups in Portal and ArcGIS Online, especially when dealing with Active Directory (AD) groups. Currently, only group owners can administer groups, which creates serious challenges for long-term management and continuity.</P><P>This problem becomes particularly evident with AD-linked groups:</P><UL><LI>Group owners can't add other admins since members are restricted to AD users.</LI><LI>Ownership can only be transferred to existing AD group members, who are typically standard users without administrative privileges.</LI><LI>When a group owner leaves the organization, administrators are forced to manually remove all apps, maps, and other content from the group just to delete it. This is followed by transferring the content to a new admin user and recreating the AD group from scratch.</LI></UL><P>Allowing Admins to manage groups without being members would solve this issue, improving efficiency and reducing administrative burdens. It would ensure that content and group structures remain intact even when ownership changes, making group management more flexible and reliable.</P> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:11:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/allow-portal-and-agol-admins-to-manage-groups/m-p/1583708#M16230 MelanieWawryk 2025-02-10T17:11:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/allow-portal-and-agol-admins-to-manage-groups/m-p/1591600#M16279 <P>It looks like this is by design, as another post from 2021 (<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/admins-cant-share-content-to-groups-they-arent/td-p/1038869" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Esri Community post</A>) is stating the same with no change since then. For me it is also difficult to understand that this hasn't been improved since then.</P><P>It is really a must-have feature for an enterprise software to administer content and AD/SAML, etc. groups</P> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:24:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/allow-portal-and-agol-admins-to-manage-groups/m-p/1591600#M16279 DennisDahlmann_ait 2025-03-04T11:24:15Z