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In this lecture, I will be giving you an introduction to Active Directory Organizational Units and Containers.I am logged into my domain controller SADC01 and we are going to launch Active Directory Users and Computers by selecting from Server Manager > Tools Active Directory Users and Computers.
Once our console comes up we are going to see our domain name on the left pane: ad.serveracademy.com. Click to expand it to show the contents.
We will talk about the Containers or folders as you might call them. We will explain what they are, what they are used for so that you have a good understanding of what’s going on here.These folders are here by default and are of different types. We have one BuiltinDomain, an Organizational Unit, and some Container folders.

The Container folders are structural objects that are included by default within Active Directory. The most common difference between a Container and an Organizational Unit is that an Organizational Unit can receive Group Policies. You cannot apply Group Policies to Container objects and you cannot deploy them to the builtinDomain folder.IMPORTANT: Group Policy Objects do apply to containers, but they cannot be LINKED to containers.
The way in which you would apply the Group Policies configuration to this default folder is if you assign it to the domain ad.serveracademy.com. We will be mainly creating, editing, and deleting Organizational Units and not Containers, although it is possible to create Container objects.
We have different Containers:
Computers Container: This is the default location for new computers that join the domain.
ForeingSecurityPrincipals Container: This holds proxy objects for security principals from other trusted domains. This could be a security group, or a user account, and things like that. This comes into play when you establish an Active Directory Trust between this current domain and another domain. It is empty by default.

Managed Service Accounts Container: Holds accounts that are used to run services or applications. These MSAs are only supposed to be used by services.
You don’t need to do things like managing the passwords or reset passwords as you would do with a regular Active Directory User account. That also means you would not be login with these Managed Service Accounts. This one is empty by default.
Users Container: It contains the Administrator account and several Domain Groups that are required in order for your domain to function.This Administrator account is the same account that we used to install the operating system, and when we promoted the server to a Domain Controller it becomes a Domain Administrator account.

Builtin Container: Contains all the actual groups that are required by your domain to operate.

If you try to delete one of these groups you’ll see that you cannot do that. There’s no delete option from the context menu. That’s because these are built into your domain.

That’s all we need to talk about for Organizational Units (OUs) and Containers.
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CURRICULUM
Course Introduction • 1min
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Getting Started with Active Directory Domain Services • 52min
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Section Overview
Free lesson
Text | 1 min
Installing the ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services) Server Role
Video | 7 min
Promote the Server to a Domain Controller
Video | 7 min
Forests, Trees and Domains
Video | 2 min
Windows Domain Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Installing the Active Directory Domain Services
Lab | 30 min
Introduction to Active Directory Users & Computers • 1hr 23min
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Section Overview
Free lesson
Text | 2 min
Organizational Units (OUs) and Containers
Video | 5 min
Creating, managing and deleting OUs
Video | 5 min
Creating User Accounts with Active Directory
Video | 8 min
Searching for Objects in Active Directory
Video | 6 min
Resetting User Passwords and Unclocking Accounts in Active Directory
Video | 6 min
Understanding Groups and Memberships
Video | 11 min
Disabling and Deleting User Accounts
Video | 6 min
Active Directory Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Active Directory Users and Computers
Lab | 30 min
Adding a Second Domain Controller • 1hr 30min
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Notice of change in Lab Names
Text | 2 min
Section Overview
Free lesson
Video | 2 min
Promoting Our Second Domain Controller
Video | 13 min
Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) Roles Overview
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Video | 4 min
Transferring FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) Roles
Video | 5 min
Adding a Second Domain Controller Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Adding a Second Domain Controller
Lab | 60 min
Active Directory Backups • 1hr 24min
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Creating an Active Directory / System State Backup
Video | 4 min
Restoring an Active Directory Backup
Video | 7 min
Creating and Restoring Active Directory Snapshots
Video | 8 min
Active Directory Backups Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Active Directory Backups
Lab | 60 min
How to Administrate Active Directory with Windows PowerShell • 1hr 58min
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Enabling Script Execution for PowerShell
Video | 6 min
Listing AD Users with PowerShell
Video | 14 min
Creating AD Users with PowerShell
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Video | 10 min
Creating User Accounts from a CSV (Comma Separated Value) File
Video | 15 min
Move All Disable Users to Disabled Users OU with PowerShell
Video | 8 min
AD PowerShell Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: ADUC PowerShell Automation
Lab | 60 min
Administrating AD SS (Active Directory Sites and Services) • 1hr 3min
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Active Directory Sites and Services - Section Overview
Free lesson
Video | 8 min
Configuring Our ITFROUTE01 Server to act as a Router
Video | 11 min
Configuring Active Directory Sites and Services
Video | 9 min
Administrating AD SS Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Configure ADDS Between Two Subnets
Lab | 30 min
Active Directory Trusts • 54min
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Window Trusts Explained
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Video | 6 min
Configuring DNS Settings for Active Directory Trusts
Video | 6 min
Establish a Two-way Active Directory Trust
Video | 7 min
Active Directory Trusts Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Establish a two-way AD Trust
Lab | 30 min
Modifying the Active Directory Schema • 43min
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Add Custom Attributes to Active Directory Users
Video | 8 min
Active Directory Schema Quiz
Quiz | 5 Questions
Lab: Extending the Active Directory Schema
Lab | 30 min
Course Conclusion • 1min
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