Scopes for Active Directory groups were always a bit murky for me. For anyone with an AD sysadmin background, this topic is probably second nature, but it wasn’t until I read this SS64 entry that everything started to fall into place. I wanted to document some relevant notes on the topic (as I understand it) in case anyone else had the same confusion I did. I’ll also cover how these group scopes interact with the forest global catalog and domain trusts, sprinkling in new PowerView functionality along the way. Active Directory Groups Active Directory groups can have one of two types:…