Importing Users

Steps

  1. Open M-Files Admin.
  2. In the left-side tree view, expand the desired connection to M-Files Server.
  3. In the left-side tree view, expand the document vault of your choice.
  4. Still in the left-side tree view, highlight Users and then click Import Individual Users... on the task pane.
    The Import Individual Users dialog is opened.
  5. Using the Domain drop-down menu, select the domain from which you want to import users.
  6. Using the Organizational unit drop-down menu, select the organizational unit from which you want to import users.
  7. Using the User group drop-down menu, select the user group from which you want to import users.
    The Select the users to import list is populated with the members of the selected user group.
  8. Optional: Check the Include users from nested groups option check box, if you want to import users from user groups nested within the selected user group.
    The Selelect users to import list is populated with the members of the selected user group and the members of any user group nested within the selected user group.
  9. Select the user to be imported by clicking its username on the list.
    You can select more than one item at once by holding down the Ctrl key to select multiple individual items or by holding down the ⇧ Shift key to select adjacent items on the list.
  10. Using the License type for new login accounts drop-down menu, select the license type for the login accounts that are created for the imported users.
    For more information about license types, see License types.
  11. Click OK to import the selected users.

Results

The users are imported to the selected vault and added to the Users list.