Active Directory Domain Services 2008 : Modify an Organizational Unit's General Properties, Modify an Organizational Unit's Managed By Properties

7/4/2012 4:13:23 PM

Scenario/Problem: Your company uses the description field on AD DS OUs to identify to which business unit an OU belongs.

Solution: Modify the general properties on an OU.

To modify an OU’s general properties, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3.	In the console tree, right-click the OU account you want to modify and click Properties.
4.	Click the General tab, shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Modifying an OU’s general properties.
5.	Modify the applicable properties, and then click OK.

Scenario/Problem: Your company needs to record which IT administrator is responsible for the support of a particular OU.

Solution: Modify the Managed By properties on an OU.

To modify an OU’s Managed By properties, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3.	In the console tree, right-click the OU you want to modify and click Properties.
4.	Click the Managed By tab.
5.	Click Change.
6.	On the Select User, Contact, or Group window, shown in Figure 2, type the name of the object you want to assign as the manager; then click OK. Figure 2. Modifying an OU’s Managed By properties.

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