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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ?
On assessments I still see the โleft sideโ: an OU tree grown by device type or location, plus 10โ20 years of legacy clutter. Itโs ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ work.
If you mean security, design around Microsoftโs ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น. Organize by tiers first (not by object type). A structure like the right side lets you actually work with tiering; inside each tierโs OUs you can still add what you need (device type, site, etc.).
๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โ adjust per risk, Microsoft shows 3, in real world you can have less or more:
๐น ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฌ: critical infra that can affect the whole domain (DCs, WSUS, CA, โฆ)
๐น ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ: application servers used by users (File, Print, DHCP, โฆ)
๐น ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ: servers managed by an external provider (separate from internal admins)
๐น ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ: user estate (endpoints, VDIs, terminal servers, โฆ)
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