{"id":170,"date":"2007-05-13T00:33:03","date_gmt":"2007-05-12T22:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2007-05-13T00:48:16","modified_gmt":"2007-05-12T22:48:16","slug":"dynamic-group-based-on-active-directory-ou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Group Based on Active Directory OU"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a short\u00c2\u00a0step by step guide how to\u00c2\u00a0make a dynamic group based on computers in a OU (Organizational Unit).\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. From the Start Menu, select the Operations System Center Operations Console<\/li>\n
  2. In the Navigation pane (left), Click Authoring<\/li>\n
  3. In the Authoring pane, right-click Groups and choose New Group<\/li>\n
  4. In the Create Group Wizard – General Properties window, input a suitable name and choose a management pack, you should have one explicit management packs for all your overrides. Click Next<\/li>\n
  5. In the Create Group Wizard – Explicit Members window, choose any machines that will always be a member of this group even if they don’t fulfill the dynamic member formula. Click Next<\/li>\n
  6. In the Create Group Wizard – Dynamic Members window, click Create\/Edit rules…<\/li>\n
  7. In the Create Group Wizard – Query Builder, choose\u00c2\u00a0Windows Computer\u00c2\u00a0from the drop-down menu and then click Add. Choose\u00c2\u00a0Organizational Unit\u00c2\u00a0in the property menu, equals in the operator menu and input a OU name in the Value field, for example OU=London,OU=Contoso,DC=contoso,DC=Local . Click OK<\/li>\n
  8. In the Create Group Wizard – Dynamic Members window, the formula will now look like this\u00c2\u00a0
    \n( Object is Windows Computer AND\u00c2\u00a0 ( Organizational Unit Equals OU=London,OU=Contoso,DC=Contoso,DC=Local )\u00c2\u00a0)<\/li>\n
  9. In the Create Group Wizard – Dynamic Members window, click Next<\/li>\n
  10. In the Create Group Wizard – Subgroups window, choose subgroups to add to this group. Click Next<\/li>\n
  11. In the Create Group Wizard – Excluded Members, choose any machines that will not be a member of this group even if they don’t fulfill the dynamic member formula. Click Create<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Please note that this will only include machines in the OU specified, it you want to include computers from another OU you can simple add a “OR” expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is a short\u00c2\u00a0step by step guide how to\u00c2\u00a0make a dynamic group based on computers in a OU (Organizational Unit).\u00c2\u00a0 From the Start Menu, select the Operations System Center Operations Console In the Navigation pane (left), Click Authoring In the Authoring pane, right-click Groups and choose New Group In the Create Group Wizard – General … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}