New Operation Definition Dialog Box

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Important

Authorization Manager is available for use in the following versions of Windows: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. It is deprecated as of Windows Server 2012 R2 and may be removed in subsequent versions.

This dialog box allows you to define a new operation. The following table describes the UI elements for this dialog box.

Item Description

Name

Provides a space for you to type the name of the new operation definition (for example, "Read Attributes").

Operations are permissions associated with security procedures. Operations are meaningful to authorization application developers, but might not be meaningful to administrators.

You are prevented from entering a name that already exists in this scope or that is too long. An operation name has a maximum size limit of 64 bytes. It cannot contain any of the characters \ / : * ? " < > | and [tab].

Description

Provides a space for you to type the description of the new operation definition.

The description does not affect the functionality of Authorization Manager and should be meaningful to you.

You are prevented from entering a description that is too long. A description has a maximum size limit of 1024 bytes. It cannot contain any of the characters \ / : * ? " < > | and [tab].

Operation Number

Provides a space for you to type the operation number of the new operation definition.

The valid range of values is 0 through 2147483647. The application uses the operation number to identify the operation.

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