RE: Moving DC to sub-OU of Domain Controllers OU unsupported?

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DO NOT move any DCs to different OUs. Your domain will become unstable.

OUs control Group Policy and administration. Group policy and
administration must be the same on all DCs so there is no reason to do this.

Best Regards
Joe Dunn
MCSE, CCNA

"HarryH" wrote:

Hello,

I have heard that moving a DC to a child OU under the default Domain
Controllers OU is not supported by Microsoft. (Nobody seems to be able to say
what will / could go wrong though.)

Is this a true statement or just a myth? Does anybody know of a microsoft
link that confirms this statement or goes into any details?

Thanks for your help / hints!

Regards
HarryH
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