Use Sys Prefs or WorkGrp Mgr to manage Groups?

I'm new to server 10.6, having run 10.3 for years. Now setting up 10.6 I see that I can manage users and groups somewhat via System Preferences. Having discovered that after creating a Group via WorkGroup Manager, I went to manage Groups in System Preferences and was asked if I was "sure I wanted to create an Open Directory Master." I said OK and now not sure where I am.
In both WorkGroup Manager and System Prefs I deleted the Group I created originally. But when I go to Sys Admin, select a sharepoint and click the little + sign under permissions I get the User & Groups window and it still shows the group I deleted. Why?
Overall, do I even need to have created an Open Directory Master to manage about 20 users in about 3 groups?

Hi Cmm user,
Thanks for your posting.
Agree with David, Adsi includes a comprehensive set of powerfull classes, to enable (remote) administration.
For more information, please refer to this article:
Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Benefits:
http://www.activexperts.com/admin/adsi/
In addition, you can also use PSEXEC.exe to manage remote machine with cmd like this:
d:\1\pshyperv_BvZ\psexec.exe \\remotemachine /accepteula -u domain\user -p password cmd /c "net localgroup"
I hope this helps.
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