Adding active directory group with asterisk character

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Hi all,&nbsp;&nbsp;We are trying to add an active directory group to have permissions to a Power BI Report Server but encountering an issue.&nbsp;We've found that when an AD group contains an asterisk character the group cannot be added.&nbsp;Ie.&nbsp;*PCL - HR Business Partnering and Employee Relations (Team) won't work because of the '*' character..&nbsp;Any ideas to help with this?&nbsp;

farhanahmed · Answer

I am not sure if you can have an AD group having "*" in it ... but if you have one, you can create another AD group and add this group in the new group with a proper naming convention to avoid this issue.

anonymous · Answer

Hi Farhan,&nbsp;Yes we have over 50 AD groups which currently have this character. Ideally we would not want to re-create these groups.&nbsp;

farhanahmed · Answer

have you tried to add using "Domain\AD Group Name"

anonymous · Answer

Hi FarhanAhmed,&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunitely the same result:The user or group name is not recognized.

farhanahmed · Answer

Is this an email group or AD group?
Email groups can be created separately independent of AD group. And you cannot add an email group in PBIRS.

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