How to import only the users and groups created manually from Active Directory excluding machine created ones.

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In old days, we do that using Exclude Keyword on the edit page of Active Directory importation setup. With v4.6.2.4 of NxFilter, you can modify LDAP query filters for user and group importation queries.

For example, you can import the groups created after the install date of your Active Directory as those unwanted machine created ones are mostly created during the installation process. If you install your Active Directory on 2020-12-30, you can exclude the machine created groups with the following query filter,

(&(objectClass=group)(whenCreated>=20201231000000.0Z))

And then you can exclude others with Exclude Keyword.