NT1330 Unit 7. Exercise 1. AD OU Planning Scenario

Review the following scenario:

As an IT Administrator, you have been tasked with designing an Active Directory Domain Organizational Unit Structure for a new AD implementation at an existing organization. You are scheduled to meet with the management team and need to formulate a list of questions you will need answered in order to recommend an OU Structure appropriate to the organization.
Develop a list of 5-10 questions to guide your design plan.
1.) How is the existing structure of the organization? 2.) How many departments will there be? 3.) How many sub-departments will be needed? These questions will help in documenting the existing structure of the organization so as to divide the administrative tasks into categories and document the administrators who are responsible for each category. Also, these will define the hierarchy of authority in the directory as well as what departments the company will have. 4.) What are the company’s physical/geographical sites? This will address the issue of different geographical divisions which will probably have different computer management needs. The design will be based on management of resources, users and geographical boundaries. This will make the administration easier. 5.) How many OUs will be needed within each Parent OU? 6.) Will departments need to share resources? 7.) What resources are required by each department? 8.) What group policies to be implemented and who’s responsible for them? These questions will help determine what interrelationships exist and establish the policies to be implemented within each group and the administrator(s) of the group. The management responsibilities will be defined and divided amongst the administrators. 9.) What are the security requirements? This will determine the level of control given to the groups available, those with full control and those with limited control. The access control levels (ACL) will be defined by the hierarchy of authority as defined in the group policies. Organization units will be assigned permissions and ownerships.