Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Managing the OU structure

Similar to any other Active Directory object, the OU structure can be managed using Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC), ADUC MMC, and PowerShell. In this section, I am going to demonstrate how to manage the OU structure using PowerShell.

Let's start this with new OU. We can use the New-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet to create a new OU. The complete syntax can be reviewed using the following command:

Get-Command New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Syntax

As the first step, I am going to create a new OU called Asia to represent the Asia branch:

New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "Asia" -Description "Asia Branch"

In the preceding command, -Description defines the description for the new OU. When there is no path defined, ...