Organizational Unit

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logical containers to give structure/hierarchy to objects in AD
- group objects based on logical requirements of the org
Group policies can be applied to OUs

Updated September 20, 2026 at 14:42 . Thoughts? Email me.

Active Directory Components TIL
Active Directory TIL

It uses X.500 for the structure (the how) of the data. This is defined in the schema. We get Organizational Units as a result of this. An AD Objects stays in these OUs.