Hi Chris,Hi Joe,
An OU is basically a group in active directory. Could be PC's, could be Users. You can create an OU for example for Laptops and one for Desktops to help you organise the way you look at them.
Furthermore, you can link specific Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to different OUs. For example you can enable Desktop Redirection for Desktop machines only, and not for laptops.
Hope it helps a bit.
Chris
Thank you. So, does that mean with my setting up of permissions within the O.U., that I would not HAVE to set up permissions for the files and folders on the file server?For a file server, it would allow you to give certain rights to share folders to specific groups.
You have 3 file shares.
1) super important management stuff.
2) accounting and payroll information.
3) general group share
You have 4 OU's
1) Management with access to all files 1, 2 and3.
2) Accounting with access to 2 and 3.
3) Reg employes with access to 3.
4) guests with access to no files.
Depending upon which group you assign a user to, they will get rights to access certain file shares.
OUs primarily will be used to organize the following objects:
User accounts
Group accounts
Computers
Yes, OUs can also be used to organize shared folders and printers, but control of these objects within an OU is not all that common or useful for that matter.
..So If I set up the permissions in the OU, I would not have to then have to individualy setup the same permissions on the files and folders on the file server?For a file server, it would allow you to give certain rights to share folders to specific groups.
You have 3 file shares.
1) super important management stuff.
2) accounting and payroll information.
3) general group share
You have 4 OU's
1) Management with access to all files 1, 2 and3.
2) Accounting with access to 2 and 3.
3) Reg employes with access to 3.
4) guests with access to no files.
Depending upon which group you assign a user to, they will get rights to access certain file shares.