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title: Add User to Group AD activity
description: The Add User to Group activity adds a user to a group in Windows Active Directory.
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# Add User to Group AD activity

The Add User to Group activity adds a user to a group in Windows Active Directory.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the **Custom** tab, and then navigate to **Custom Activities** > **Active Directory**.

## Input variables

|Variable|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|DomainController|IP address of the domain controller machine.|
|UserName|Name of the user to add to the group.|
|GroupName|Name of the group to which this user is added.|

## Output variables

|Variable|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|result|Either **success** or **failure**.|
|errorMessage|The **executionResult.errorMessages** from the [Activity designer parsing sources](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/orchestration/t_CreateAParsingRule.md).|

## Conditions

|Condition|Description|
|---------|-----------|
|Success|User was successfully added to group.|
|Failure|An error occurred while attempting to add the user to the group. Additional details may be available in the workflow log.|

**Parent Topic:**[Active Directory activity pack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/orchestration/c_OrchActiveDirectoryActivities.md)