Organizational Units

An Organizational Unit (OU) is a logical object in AD DS for collecting users, groups, and computers. You can use OUs to consolidate users, computers, groups, and other objects for simplified management using GPOs linking, or to delegate administrative rights. You can also use OUs to represent a hierarchical and logical structure inside the organization domain. Although no specific rule exists for a logical OU structure, you can create OUs to represent departments in an organization, geographical regions, or anything else based on your organization needs.