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Create a New Organizational Unit
Updated: February 17, 2009
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
Membership in Account Operators , Domain Admins , or Enterprise Admins , or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.
To create a new organizational unit using Active Directory Administrative Center
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To open Active Directory Administrative Center, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Active Directory Administrative Center .
To open Active Directory Users and Computers in Windows Server® 2012, click Start , type dsac.exe .
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In the navigation pane, right-click the node in which you want to add an organizational unit (OU), click New , and then click Organizational Unit .
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In Create Organizational Unit , under Organizational Unit ,
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In
Name
, type the name of the new OU.
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In
Address
,
Country/Region
, and
Description
, type the appropriate information.
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To protect the OU from accidental deletion, select the
Protect from accidental deletion
check box.
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To create the OU in a different node, click
Change
, and then use column explorer to navigate to and select another location for the OU.
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In
Name
, type the name of the new OU.
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In Create Organizational Unit , modify the appropriate values under Managed By , and then click OK .
Additional considerations
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You can also perform the task in this procedure by using the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell. To open the Active Directory module, click
Start
, click
Administrative Tools
, and then click
Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell
. For more information, see Create a New Organizational Unit (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141997).
To open Active Directory Users and Computers in Windows Server® 2012, click Start , type dsac.exe .
For more information about Windows PowerShell, see Windows PowerShell (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=102372).
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