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# Manage cells with AD Bridge Cell Manager | AD Bridge

Using AD Bridge Cell Manager, you can:

* Delegate control of a cell
* Change permissions for a cell
* Add cells, view cells
* Associate cells with OUs to provide users and groups with Linux and Unix access
* Connect to another domain and filter cells to reduce clutter

## Start AD Bridge Cell Manager from the Management Console

To start AD Bridge Cell Manager:

1. In the BeyondTrust Management Console, expand **Enterprise Console** and click **Diagnostics & Migration**.
2. Under **Tasks**, click **Launch Cell Manager**.

![Cell Manager console](https://files.readme.io/0c9517a70a5c76bd0232239d112b263d7fdb7c495a5a5b45d6d108bcab9662c6-image.png)

Alternatively, start **Cell Manager** from the **Start** menu. Select **Start > All Programs > BeyondTrustAD Bridge > AD Bridge Cell Manager**.

## Assign users to manage AD Bridge cells

Use AD Bridge Cell Manager to create an access control list (ACL) that allows users or groups without administrative privileges to manage AD Bridge Cells.

For example, you can assign permissions to particular users to add users or remove users from a cell. This procedure applies to Named Cells.

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1. In **Cell Manager**, right-click a cell, and then select **Delegate Control**.
2. Click **Start**.
3. Click **Add**, and then choose the users or groups that you are delegating permissions to.

   ![Permissions on the Delegate Control Wizard screen in Cell Manager](https://files.readme.io/eb48112a3285ccf258acdb85b9403d467c15e2445f1d6c069df5b40a1c410641-image.png)
4. Click **Next**, and then select the permissions that you want to assign.
5. Review the information that you entered, and then click **Finish**.

## Change permissions of a cell, group, or user

To change the permissions of a cell, a group, or a user:

1. In the AD Bridge Cell Manager console tree or in the details pane, right-click the object that you want to change permissions for, and then click **Properties**.
2. Click **Permissions**.
3. Change the permissions, and then click **OK**.

## Add a user or group to a cell using the AD Bridge Cell Manager

Default attributes are used when you add a user or group to a cell using AD Bridge Cell Manager. You can change the properties later using **Active Directory Users and Computers**.

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1. In **Cell Manager**, right-click a cell, select **New**.
2. Select **User** or **Group**.
3. Click **OK**.
4. Enter Search for the user or group that you want to add, and then click **OK**.

## Filter cells in AD Bridge Cell Manager

Use filtering to set the maximum number of cells to display and show only the cells that match a pattern.

1. In AD Bridge Cell Manager, right-click the top-level Cell Manager domain node, and then click **Filter**.
2. Set the filtering values that you want to use:
   * Maximum number of cells to display: Enter the number of cells to display. The default is **300**.
   * Only show cells that match pattern.
   * Interpret pattern as regular expression.
3. Click **OK**.

## Connect to a different domain

Even though users and groups imported from a different domain appear in AD Bridge Cell Manager, you cannot modify their settings from outside their original domain.

To modify the settings of a user or group imported from another domain, use **Cell Manager** to connect to that domain, and then make the changes that you want.

1. In **Cell Manager**, right-click the top-level Cell Manager domain node, and then click **Connect To Domain**.
2. In the **Domain** box, type the domain. Alternatively, click **Browse**, and then locate the domain.