Configuring the BrowseForGlobalGroups setting

If all security roles within all vaults hosted by a TeamWork application server are assigned to TeamWork server local groups or local user accounts, you can configure the TeamWork application server to not query the network domain controller for information about global groups. This can reduce the amount of information the TeamWork application server needs to cache and process for user actions, thereby improving performance of the TeamWork application server.

Note    The security policies of many organizations prevent or discourage the use of local groups. However, the TeamWork server local groups can consist of domain global groups, thereby relinquishing the processing of global group memberships to Windows, achieving the best of both worlds. Users’ group memberships can be managed centrally with domain global groups, but TeamWork does not need to query the network domain controller for the groups’ memberships. The default value of this setting is 0 (cleared) and set during TeamWork installation. If your system currently uses domain groups exclusively and this setting is enabled (1), we strongly recommend that you consider using local groups and disable this option to improve performance. 

To configure the BrowseForGlobalGroups setting:

1. In TeamWork Administrator, right-click EDM Server in the left pane and select Properties. The EDM Server Properties page appears.
2. Click the Engine tab. The Engine options appear.
3. Select one of the Groups options and click OK.

The DWORD registry key to adjust the BrowseForGlobalGroups setting is located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\OML