How does Active Directory use organizational units (OUs) to apply Group Policy to specific groups of users or computers?

[ProfRon]

So, picture this. You got Active Directory sorting out your users and computers like they're in different buckets. I mean, OUs are those buckets. You toss specific folks or machines into one OU if they need the same rules.

Then, Group Policy comes in. It's like slapping a set of instructions on that bucket. Only the stuff inside gets those instructions. No spillover to other buckets.

I do this all the time at work. Say your sales team needs password tweaks. You plop them in a sales OU. Boom, policy hits just them. Keeps things tidy without messing everyone else.

You can nest OUs too. Like Russian dolls. Policies bubble up or down depending on how you set it. I once fixed a glitch where a policy skipped a layer. Took me an hour to untangle.

It saves headaches. You target exactly who needs what. No blanket rules that annoy half the office.

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