MCTS Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory Configuration: Study Guide

7.8. Summary

In this chapter, we covered the fundamentals of administering Active Directory. The most important part of administering Active Directory is learning about how to work with OUs. As a result, you should be aware of the purpose of OUs—they help you to organize and manage the directory. For instance, think of administrative control. If you wanted to delegate rights to another administrator (such as a sales manager), you could delegate that authority to that user within the SALES OU. As the systems administrator, you retain the rights to the castle.

We also looked at how to design an OU structure from an example. In our example, we looked at how to design proper OU layout. Once we finished designing, we looked at how to create, organize, ...