Configuring Active Directory. Aldridge Schools has one high school, two K throug
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Configuring Active Directory. Aldridge Schools has one high school, two K through 8 schools, and a separate building housing the administrative functions. The high school has approximately one hundred teachers, and each K through 8 schools has approximately 50 teachers. The administrative staff consists of the Superintendent, Building Department, IT Department, Financial Department, and Specialized staff. You are the new IT manager of Aldridge Schools and decided to convert from a Linux server to Windows Server 2012/R2 and are going to setup the Active Directory. Present your proposal to the School Board on setting up the Active Directory. Just create one domain with OU's.Explanation / Answer
There are different types of objects that needs to be managed. They are : users, groups.
The best way to separate your users is to use Organisational Units also know as OUs, they have been designed for you to separate your organisation into what ever structure that suits you.
So, suppose there are multiple schools, create different organisational units for each logical separation that needs to be created.
Start by creating different OUs (Organisational Units).
Under users create OUs:
Further, AdminStaff can be classified as Superintendent, Building Department, IT Department etc.
All the users can be added to the specific OUs described above.
Next, under Groups OU, create OUs as many as required. Some of the examples of groups are:
The groups will be useful to address an email to broader audience and no one is missed out accidentally.