I have one Domain and one OU, and i would like to create two seperate OU's within the domain. How could i create two separate OU's within a domain. And could i create seperate Group policies for the two OUS.....????? 1) How do i create OU'S? 2) What is the naming convention i should use? I have already asked a similar question but i did not frame it correctly previously. Kindly help me. Thanks

1- To create an OU, click on start > run and then write dsa.msc and click on OK. Once done, right-click on your domain name / an existing OU and click on New > Organizational Unit and then give its name. 2- This depends of your need. Example 1: You have got two sites: one in Denver and the other in Pekin. In each site, you have got IT and Commercial persons. You can create OUs using this naming converntion: Country - Job In this case, you can create the following OUs OU1: Denver OU2: Pekin In each OU, you can create OU11: Denver-IT OU12: Denver-Commercial OU21: Pekin-IT OU22: Pekin-Commercial where OU11 and OU12 are under Denver OU21 and OU22 are under Pekin In OU11: you put computers and users of Denver IT In OU12: you put computers and users of Denver Commercials In OU12: you put computers and users of Pekin IT In OU22: you put computers and users of Pekin Commercials Let's suppose now that you have a group policy that you want to apply on all users and computers in Denver and another one that you want to apply on all computers and users in Pekin. In this case, you link Denver group policy to OU1 and Pekin group policy to OU2. Now, let's suppose that you want to apply a group policy to all ITs. In this case, you will link it to OU11 and OU21. Now let's suppose that you want to apply a group policy to only Commercials in Denver. You just have to link it to OU12. As you see, the OU names are esay to understand in this case and you can see that it is easy to apply group policies on your users. So, I just recommand that you create a model for naming your OUs that is simple and easy to understand. There is an infinity of naming convention that can be used. Hope this was enough clear. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration

1) right click in the white space in in the right hand window of the parent OU in which you want to create the new OU and select new / organizational unit 2) naming is relatively flexible so long as you use standard alphanumeric characters. If interested in details see Microsoft's article on naming conventions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264#appliesto As for assigning group policies you can create your policies, then in Group Policy management right click on your OU and choose link "link an Existing Policy"Rob Williams