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From: JMolay (JMolay_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:45:37 -0800

I have a situation in which I have created an OU for each functional
department within the company. It was suggested that I create a user and
computer sub OU for each of the departmental OUs. Is there something to be
gained by doing this or is it really of no benefit. Also, will having a
computer OU within each departmental OU create problems with the default
computer OU that comes as part of Active Directory? Any insight or
documentation on this subject would be most appreciated.

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