Modifying the default location for new user and computer objects
When you join a device to the Active Directory domain or create a user object without context, these objects will be placed in default containers. Devices end up in the Computers container and user objects end up in the Users container. You can change these locations to accommodate for processes, delegation, and Group Policy structure – when a computer object is placed in an OU other than the Computers container, it might get picked up by an endpoint management solution automatically, have proper settings deployed by Group Policy automatically, and be manageable by delegated service desk personnel automatically.
Getting ready
To modify the default location for new user objects and computer objects, the Active Directory environment needs to run the Windows Server 2003 Domain Functional Level (DFL), or higher. If you try to modify the location in an Active Directory environment running the Windows 2000 Server...
