Organizational units in Active Directory Domain Services cannot be configured

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Applies To: Windows SBS 2008

Problem   Organizational units in Active Directory Domain Services cannot be configured.

Features affected   Permissions for organizational units (OUs) in Windows SBS 2008 failed. Any feature that works with the OUs does not work (for example, the Add User Wizard).

Resolution    Due to the number of complex product interactions and dependent tasks related to the failure in configuring the organizational units in Active Directory Domain Services, manual steps to recover from this failure cannot be provided at this time.

To recover from this error, perform the following steps:

  1. Restore the source domain from a backup. For instructions, read "Backing up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003" (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=27140).

  2. After you restore the source domain, reinstall Windows Small Business Server 2008. For instructions, read “Migrating to Windows Small Business Server 2008 from Windows Small Business Server 2003” (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=117499).

    Important

    Before attempting to reinstall Windows SBS 2008, read the topic “SBS 2008 Migrations from SBS 2003 – Keys to Success” at the Official SBS Blog (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=182299).

You can also contact Microsoft Product Support to receive support in isolating the source of the failure so that you can correct it before restarting the migration process.

To read the most recent version of this topic, see the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?LinkID=119455). The most recent version might contain additional information that was not available when Windows SBS 2008 was released.