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Examples of OU hierarchies

Examples of OU hierarchies

- [Instructor] So now that you know how to create an OU structure, let's talk a little bit about some of the examples of how these OU structures may be created in a production environment with something that's actually practical. Right, so I'm going to do this by actually creating one. And we'll talk about some of the benefits and disadvantages depending on which way you go with it. Now, one of the most typical OU structures you'll find is one that starts off with a top level OU based upon location. So again, here at landonhotel.local, what I'm going to do, is I'm going to create an organizational unit, and I'm just going to call it New York. And then, I'm going to create another one, and I'm going to call it Chicago. And I'm going to create a third one, I'm going to call it London. Okay. So there I have three organization units that have been created, and they are top level organizational units. So what do we do?…

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