Organizational Unit

An organizational unit assumes that a particular structure indicates a single entity or several units within a primary organization. It may also represent regions or functions that are isolated from the hierarchy of the business or a relationship with an IT group that supports an organization of users or objects. An organizational unit mostly represents a task-related function, meaning it tends to follow the structure of an association set in an organizational or geographical sense. It features levels of hierarchy that contain other units. Microsoft relies on an organizational unit to help develop structures and procedures for its AD (Active Directory). Settings of group policies apply to the organizational unit as opposed to the domains or groups that may be a part of it. It represents the lowest level to which the Active Directory can issue administrative control. An organizational unit adds hierarchical structure to a system - when configured properly it adds simplicity to administrative tasks.