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Home > Help & Support > Knowledge Base > Accounts & Access > MESA > How to Add Users to Your MESA Active Directory Container

How to Add Users to Your MESA Active Directory Container

You must be the GROUP ADMIN in order to complete this process.  To determine who is listed as your Group Admin, please contact the Support Center.

Step 1

Open a web browser and navigate to tools.gmu.edu. Log in with your Patriot Pass credentials.

Step 2

Select Manage AD from the left hand menu.

Step 3

Select your department.

Step 4

Select the container you would like to add the user to. As an example, we have selected the Staff container.

Step 5

Enter the NetID of the staff member and click Add.

Step 6

Your staff member will now be listed as Group Members.

Last modified: September 20, 2018

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