Windows® 2000 Active Directory™

OU-Specific Administration

One strategy is to establish specific administration within an OU. There are several ways to implement this. The flexibility provided in Active Directory makes almost anything possible. This section looks at two scenarios. The first scenario is based on an organization that has three levels of a possible large multinational administration. The major geographies are autonomous, and inside of the geographies are locations requiring administration. Table 13.4 describes the organizational requirements and the impact on administration. Figure 13.1 is a picture of a European domain expanded in the context of this implementation. There is a corporate domain, a European domain, and a North American domain.

Table 13.4. OU ...