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Last Updated: Aug 15, 2008 
Learn about the rationale for using OUs in your AD infrastructure and the finer technical aspects of managing and manipulating OU permissions and properties.
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Active Directory: Designing made simple

by Tim Fenner, Contributing Member (02 Feb 2004)

How difficult or intricate should you get when creating forests, trees, domain and OUs? Remember, ease of administration is key. Here are some points you should consider.

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ADVICE:
>> The principles of Active Directory infrastructure design
TIP :Learn what forests, domains and organizational units are and how they differ from one another when considered for Active ...
>> Keep secrets with Active Directory containers
TIP :Once you have your forests, trees and domains, don't forget that you can have sub-containers called OUs that offer a number ...
>> Hide your organization units
TIP :The primary purpose of hidden OUs is to prevent an admin from one OU from being able to view, access, or alter another. They ...
>> Quick Tips: Organizing users and groups in Active Directory
TIP :Put an end to mixed-up lists in Microsoft Active Directory fast.
>> Putting Active Directory OUs in their place
TIP :You can change OUs as needed with little or no impact on overall network traffic. Try that with a domain or a site, and you ...
>> Recover a deleted Active Directory OU
TIP :How a user recovered an important OU in a mixed mode environment that had lots of sub-OUs and users.
>> Applying permissions to an Active Directory OU
ASK THE EXPERTS :We are trying to apply the permission "allow add/remove self" to a number of groups that reside in an organizational unit ...
>> How can I find out to which OU a user object belongs?
ASK THE EXPERTS :How can I find out which OU a user object belongs to? Is there some GUI or utility that gives me this information? I can find ...
>> What OU naming convention is best to use internally?
ASK THE EXPERTS :I am in the process of planning my migration to Windows 2000 and I want to get it right. I currently have a single NT4 domain ...
>> Moving users from a child domain to an OU in the parent domain
ASK THE EXPERTS :In order to move users from a child domain to an OU in the parent domain, do those domains have to be in native mode? I have ...
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