Managing Organizational Units


As discussed in Chapter 6, organizational units help you organize objects, set Group Policy with a limited scope, and more. In this section you'll learn how to create and manage organizational units.

Creating Organizational Units

You usually create organizational units to mirror your organization's business or functional structure. You can create organizational units as subgroups of a domain or as child units within an existing organizational unit.

To create an organizational unit, follow these steps:

  1. Start Active Directory Users And Computers.

  2. In the console tree, expand the domain node by clicking the plus sign (+) next to the domain name .

  3. Right-click the domain node or existing organizational unit folder in which you want to add the organizational unit. On the shortcut menu, select New, and then click Organizational Unit.

  4. Type the name of the organizational unit. Click OK.

  5. You can now move accounts and shared resources to the organizational unit. See the "Moving Computer Accounts" section of this chapter for an example.

Viewing and Editing Organizational Unit Properties

You can view and edit organizational unit properties by completing the following steps:

  1. Start Active Directory Users And Computers.

  2. In the console tree, expand the domain node by clicking the plus sign (+) next to the domain name.

  3. Right-click the organizational unit you want to work with, and then select Properties. This displays a properties dialog box that lets you view and edit settings.

Renaming and Deleting Organizational Units

You can rename or delete an organizational unit by completing the following steps:

  1. In Active Directory Users And Computers, right-click the organizational unit folder you want to work with.

  2. To delete the unit, select Delete. Then confirm the action by choosing Yes.

  3. To rename the unit, select Rename. Type a new name for the organizational unit and then press Enter.

Moving Organizational Units

You can move organizational units to different locations within a domain by selecting the organizational unit in Active Directory Users And Computers, pressing down and holding the left mouse button while moving the mouse, and then releasing the mouse button when you've dragged the account to the new location.

The following steps list another technique you can use to move organizational units:

  1. In Active Directory Users And Computers, right-click the organizational unit folder you want to move. Then select Move.

  2. In the Move pane, click the domain node. Then click the container to which you want to move the organizational unit. Click OK.



Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator[ap]s Pocket Consultant
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator[ap]s Pocket Consultant
ISBN: 735622450
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 141

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