How does a Hokies organizational unit (OU) admin manage their admin group?


Introduction

Hokies organizational unit (OU) admins can add or remove members from their own admin security group using the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) tool.

Instructions

  1. Open ADUC and connect to W2K.VT.EDU Domain.
  2. Navigate to the following OU W2K.VT.EDU/vt
  3. Locate/Navigate to the pertinent Dept OU (%DeptOU%) (e.g., W2K.VT.EDU/vt/%DeptOU%) and find the Security Group: "%DeptOU% admins".
  4. Right click Security Group > Properties > Members Tab
  5. Select Member to be removed and click Remove, select Yes to proceed
  6. If adding a member, select Add, enter the user’s PID (typically it will be the first part of their email address ie: johndoe@vt.edu) and select Check Names. If the account exists it will populate the field.
  7. Click OK
  8. Click Apply
  9. Click OK
  10. Close ADUC.