Create organizational units

Create organizational units

An organizational unit (OU) is a group that an administrator can create in the Google Admin console to apply settings to a specific set of users. By default, all users are placed in the top-level (parent) organizational unit. All settings configured in the Admin console apply to this top-level organizational unit and, therefore, to all users and devices in your account. Below the top-level unit, you can add child organizational units and apply more specific settings to the child OUs. Child OUs inherit all the settings of their parent OUs. Please note that as the administrator, you can’t move yourself to another organizational unit.

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Exercise directions

Grant the executive board exclusive access to certain tools and services

Step 1

If you are not already signed in, sign in to your domain as the Administrator at admin.google.com.

Step 2

From the main menu, select Directory, then click Organizational units.

Step 3

Click Create organizational unit.

Step 4

Name the OU the Executive and click CREATE.

Step 5

Create another OU called Employees.

Step 6

From the main menu, navigate to Directory and select Users. You should see the two new OUs in the All organizations panel.

Step 7

Select Alex, Lars, Sam, and Timothy by checking the box next to their name in the user list.

Step 8

Click More options, then click Change organizational unit and select Executive. Then click CONTINUE.

Step 9

Click CHANGE to confirm the move.

Step 10

Repeat steps 7-9, but, this time, move Ellie, Jon, Tom, and Will to the Employees OU.

Please note: Changes can take 24 hours to propagate to all users.