built-in global group

What is Built-in Global Group (in computer networking)?

Global groups in Microsoft Windows NT that are created during installation to organize common groups of users for administrative purposes. These built-in global groups are created within the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database of the primary domain controller (PDC). Three built-in global groups exist:

• Domain Admins:
  Initially, this group contains only the Administrator account that was created during setup. Only people with administrative responsibilities should be assigned to this group.

   

• Domain Guests:
  This group contains the Guest account and is designed for organizing temporary users of network resources and granting them access.

   

• Domain Users:
  When a new user account is created, it is automatically added to this group. The function of this group is to collect all ordinary users for the purpose of assigning them permissions to resources on the network.