Organizational Units

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

You can use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to manage your organizational units (OUs) in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The topics in this section explain how to use the Active Directory module to accomplish many of the common tasks that are associated with OU management:

• Listing the OUs in a Domain

• Assigning or Removing a Manager of an OU

• Listing the Objects in an OU

• Creating an OU

• Linking a GPO to an OU

• Determining the Approximate Number of Child Objects in an OU

• Deleting an OU

• Deleting the Objects in an OU

• Moving the Objects in an OU to a Different OU

• Renaming an OU

• Finding an OU

• Modifying an OU

• Moving an OU

• Allowing OUs to Be Created Within Containers

• Protecting All OUs in the Domain from Accidental Deletion