- OU (Organizational Unit): A container in Active Directory to organize users and computers.
- Purpose:
- Logical grouping
- Easier management
- Targeted Group Policy application
- Best Practice:
- Separate Users and Computers into different OUs
- Organize by department, role, or location
- User OUs:
- Used for user-specific policies (desktop, password, restrictions)
- Computer OUs:
- Used for computer-specific policies (updates, firewall, software)
- Benefits:
- Clean structure
- Controlled policy inheritance
- Simplified troubleshooting
- Example: