Delegate Control of an Organizational Unit

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Membership in Account Operators, Domain Admins, or Enterprise Admins, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at Local and Domain Default Groups (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477).

To delegate control of an organizational unit

1. To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. In the console tree, right-click the organizational unit (OU) for which you want to delegate control.

   Where?

   • Active Directory Users and Computers/domain node/organizational unit

3. Click Delegate Control to start the Delegation of Control Wizard, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.

Additional considerations

• To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Account Operators group, Domain Admins group, or Enterprise Admins group in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

• Another way to open Active Directory Users and Computers is to click Start, click Run, and then type dsa.msc.

Additional references

• Managing Organizational Units