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Active Directory Domain Services

Updated: December 30, 2008

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
Membership in Account Operators , Domain Admins , or Enterprise Admins , or equivalent, is the minimum
required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships
at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.

Creating a new organizational unit

Using the Windows interface

Managing Organizational Units

Create a New Organizational

Unit
Delete an Organizational Unit

Using a command line

To create a new organizational unit using the Windows interface

1. To open ActiveDirectory Users and Computers, click Start , click Control Panel , doubleclick
Administrative Tools , and then doubleclick ActiveDirectory Users and Computers .

Move an Organizational Unit

Delegate Control of an
Organizational Unit

Print

Create a New Organizational Unit

Active Directory Users and

Computers
Understanding Organizational
Units

Sign in

To open Active Directory Users and Computers in Windows Server 2012, click Start , type dsa.msc .
2. In the console tree, rightclick the domain name.
3. Point to New , and then click Organizational Unit .
4. Type the name of the organizational unit OU.

Additional considerations
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Account Operators group, Domain Admins group,
or Enterprise Admins group in ActiveDirectory Domain Services ADDS, or you must have been delegated
the appropriate authority. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.
To add an OU, you can also click the domain or folder in which you want to add the OU, and then click the
Create a new organizational unit in the current container icon on the toolbar.
You can also perform the task in this procedure by using the Active Directory module for Windows
PowerShell. To open the Active Directory module, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click
Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell .
To open the Active Directory module in Windows Server 2012, open Server Manager , click Tools and then
click Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell .
For more information, see Create a New Organizational Unit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkId=138390. For more information about WindowsPowerShell, see WindowsPowerShell
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=102372.

Additional references
Managing Organizational Units

To create a new organizational unit using a command line

1. To open a command prompt, click Start , click Run , type cmd , and then click OK .
To open a command prompt in Windows Server 2012, click Start , type cmd , and then click OK .

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2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

dsaddou<OrganizationalUnitDN>

Parameter

Description

<OrganizationalUnitDN>

Specifies the distinguished name of the OU to be added.

To view the complete syntax for this command, and for information about entering user account information, at a
command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

dsaddou/?

Additional considerations
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Account Operators group, Domain Admins group,
or Enterprise Admins group in ADDS, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. As a
security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.
You can also perform the task in this procedure by using the Active Directory module for Windows
PowerShell. To open the Active Directory module, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click
Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell .
To open the Active Directory module in Windows Server 2012, open Server Manager , click Tools and then
click Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell .
For more information, see Create a New Organizational Unit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkId=138390. For more information about WindowsPowerShell, see WindowsPowerShell
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=102372.

Additional references
Managing Organizational Units

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