Active Directory: Organizational Units (OU)
The ability to pre-create computer accounts on the Active Directory domain is a benefit of using a departmental Organizational Unit (OU), thereby avoiding placing a computer in the default computer section of the domain where there is a limit of 10 computers per user. Learn more about Active Directory Organizational Units on Microsoft's Technet.
To create a departmental OU, submit an AskIT help request with the subject "Create Organizational Unit for my department." IT Services will contact you for the necessary information to complete your request. If your department has an OU, the existing OU admin can create a new OU within the departmental OU and grant access to it. Once your OU is created, install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 or Vista. If you are running Windows XP, install the Active Directory Management Tools.
The following information is for managing Active Directory domain computers with an Organizational Unit (OU) using Windows.
To create a computer account in your OU using a Windows computer that is already a member of the uark.edu domain:
-
Click Start, Administrative Tools, Active Directory Users and Computers.
-
Navigate to your OU.
-
Click Action, New, Computer.
-
Fill in the computer name and information. Click OK. IT Services recommends that computer names start with the 4 letter departmental code followed by a dash and the Dell ID tag or other unique name.
On the computer you are trying to add:
-
Right-click "My Computer" and select Properties.
-
Click the Computer Name tab. Click Change.
-
Select Domain and enter uark.edu. Click OK and enter your uark.edu e-mail address.
If you change a computer name, leave it in a workgroup and reboot to be able to add it to the uark.edu Active Directory.
Further training on managing Organizational Units is available upon request.
Last Reviewed: