Re: Question on organizing Computers

From: Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\) (hunter(nospamplease)_at_sfs.upenn.edu)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:22:42 -0400

Sounds like you have it right - one of the main purposes of Organizational
Units (or OUs) is to group multiple computers together that require similar
GPO settings. Check out this document to familiarize yourself with creating
and linking Group Policy objects to different OUs:

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5400/rh5499.htm 

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"Jonathan Jesse" <jjesse@ftpb.com> wrote in message 
news:ujVKxMzmEHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Sorry for the cross-posting as this deals with both groups as it deals 
> with both groups
>
> I am working on getting SUS working through my domain and would like to 
> setup two groups to have different policies in them.
>
> Currently all of my computers, including servers, are in the "Computers" 
> folder in Active Directory and I would like to create two "Orginzational 
> Units" or "Groups".  (In quotes cause I'm not sure the best title for 
> this) One would be the desktops and would have one SUS GPO applied to 
> them, and the other group would be servers and have a different GPO setup 
> so I don't have a ton of traffic when both the desktops and the servers 
> check my SUS server.
>
> Is this the best way to do it?  Or should I be going along a different 
> route?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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