Group Memberships and Nesting

Mixed Mode Windows 2000 Domain

	Members can be	Can be Member of	Visible in	Use on resources
Global	Users from same domain	Domain Local	Own domain + All Trusted domains	All domains in forest
Domain Local	Users + Global groups from Any domain	No other group	Own domain only	domain where Domain Local exists
Universal	Not applicable	Not applicable	All domains in forest	All domains in forest

Native Mode Windows 2000 Domain

	Members can be	Can be Member of	Visible in	Use on resources
Global	Users + Global groups from same Domain	Global groups in same Domain + Domain Local and Universal in any domain	Own domain + All Trusted domains	Any Domain
Domain Local	Users + Global groups+ Universal from Any Domain and Domain Local from same domain	Domain Local in same Domain	Own domain only	domain where Domain Local exists
Universal	Users + Global groups+ Universal from Any Domain	Domain Local + Universal in Any domain	All domains in forest	All domains in forest