Create a New Organizational Unit
This guide shows you how to create a new organizational unit in Active Directory with PowerShell.
10-15 min
Create a New Organizational Unit
Command Summary
# Créer une unité d'organisation simple
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "IT" -Path "DC=lab,DC=lan"
# Créer une unité d'organisation avec des propriétés supplémentaires
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "RH" -Path "DC=lab,DC=lan" -Description "Département Ressources Humaines" -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $true
# Créer plusieurs unités d'organisation à partir d'un fichier CSV
Import-Csv "C:\OUs.csv" | ForEach-Object {
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name $_.Name -Path $_.Path -Description $_.Description
}
Detailed Explanations
1. Create a Simple Organizational Unit
The basic command to create an organizational unit:
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "IT" -Path "DC=lab,DC=lan"
2. Create an Organizational Unit with Additional Properties
You can specify several properties when creating the OU:
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "RH" -Path "DC=lab,DC=lan" -Description "Département Ressources Humaines" -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $true