Microsoft KB Archive/325872

= HOW TO: Create Domain Organizational Units in Windows Server 2003 =

PSS ID Number: 325872

Article Last Modified on 4/5/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q325872



For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 308194.

IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * ** Create an Organizational Unit
 * Modify the Attributes of an Organizational Unit



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to create organizational units in Windows Server 2003.

Organizational units are Active Directory containers into which you can put users, groups, computers, and other organizational units. You can create organizational units to mirror your organization's functional or business structure. Each domain can implement its own organizational unit hierarchy. If your organization contains several domains, you can create organizational unit structures in each domain that are independent of the structures in the other domains.

An organizational unit is the smallest scope or unit to which you can assign Group Policy settings or delegate administrative authority. You can use organizational units to create containers in a domain that represent the hierarchical, logical structures in your organization. You can do this to help manage the configuration and use of accounts and resources based on your organizational model.

Organizational units can contain users, groups, computers, printers, and shared folders, and an unlimited number of other organizational units, but cannot contain objects from other domains.

NOTE: You must be logged on as a member of the Domain Administrators group or the Enterprise Administrators group, or you must have the authority to perform the procedures in this article.

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Create an Organizational Unit

 * 1) Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
 * 2) Do one of the following:
 * 3) * In the console tree, right-click the domain object or another organizational unit in which you want to create the organizational unit, point to New, and then click Organizational Unit.
 * 4) * Click the Create a new organizational unit in the current container button.
 * 5) * In the console tree, click the domain object or another organizational unit in which you want to create the organization unit, point to New on the Action menu,, and then click Organizational Unit.
 * 6) In the Name box, type a name for the new organizational unit, and then click OK. The new organizational unit that you created appears in the console tree. You can now add other objects to the organizational unit such as users, computers, groups, and other organizational units.

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Modify the Attributes of an Organizational Unit

 * 1) Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
 * 2) Expand the domain object.
 * 3) Right-click the organizational unit whose attributes you want to modify, and then click Properties.
 * 4) Click the appropriate tab for the organizational unit properties that you want to modify, and then specify the options that you want.

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