The domain remains the basic unit of Active Directory. From a technical point of view, domains are the security boundary of Active Directory. From a practical point of view this means that that security policies set in at the domain cannot be changed at the OU level.
Users do not need to know which tree, forest or even OU that they belong to, but they should know which domain to select at logon. Domain controller need to replicate directory information with all other domain controllers in their own domain.
If this replications is slow or chokes a slow link, then first try separate sites, if that solution does not work then consider separate domains in each geographic location.
When planning your Active Directory, divide and rule is a good maxim. Learn from the mistakes of NT 4. The trick is to keep overall control, harness the benefits of belonging to a domain, while allowing local administrators to create users, and reset passwords.
SolarWinds have produced three Active Directory add-ons. These free utilities have been approved by Microsoft, and will help to manage your domain by:. With installations, 7 minutes of planning will save an hour for rework. Right-click the domain or container where you want the new container object to reside.
Click New Organizational Unit. In the New Object - Organizational Unit screen, enter a unique name for your container. Click OK to create the container. Make a user a member of a group. Right-click the user object. Select Add To A Group. If you don't know the name, click Advanced. Click Find Now to display all groups.
Select the group you want the user to belong to and click OK. Click OK again to close the Select Group window and finish.
Change a password. Select Reset Password. When the Reset Password screen appears, type the new password in the appropriate fields. To force a user to change a password immediately, select Users Must Change Password. Click OK. Unlock an account. Select Properties. Click the Account tab. Remove the check from the Account Is Locked Out box. Disable an account. Select Disable Account. Reenable by right-clicking the user object and selecting Enable Account. ADUC contains multiple advanced functionalities that allow administrators to work with complex settings and containers that are otherwise not visible in the console.
The advanced settings are now enabled. Now, to view the user and computer attributes, you can perform the following steps:. This action denies the permission to delete the object, and when attempting to do so it displays an error message. The following steps illustrate how to perform the search:. An alternate method to search for objects is using the DSquery command line tool.
To learn how, you can check out this article. Saved Queries in ADUC allows administrators to access and audit information in AD and filter just those objects that meet a certain criteria.
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