What is an Organizational Unit? An Organizational Unit can in its simplest form be thought of as a folder to contain Users, Computers and groups. OUs can be used to select a subset of computers that you want to be included in the LME Client group for testing before rolling out LME site wide.
1.1 Open the Group Policy Management Console by running gpmc.msc. You can run this command by pressing Windows key + R.
Figure 1: Launching GPMC
🛠️ If you receive the error Windows cannot find 'gpmc.msc', see Troubleshooting: Installing Group Policy Management Tools.
1.2 Right click on the domain and select "New Organizational Unit" as seen below.
Figure 2: Making a new OU
To add Client machines, Servers or Security Groups to a specified OU:
- Open Active Directory Users and Computers (run
dsa.mscin the "Run" dialogue box). - Find the machine(s) that you wish to be in the group and drag and drop the machines into the group.
Figure 3: Open Active Directory Users and Computers
🛠️ If you receive the error Windows cannot find dsa.msc, see Troubleshooting: Installing Active Directory Domain Services