Understanding Organizational Units and Containers 163 Users This container is the default location for newly created user accounts and groups within the domain. Computers This container is the default location for computer accounts cre- ated within the domain. Domain Controllers This is actually an OU, but it is created by default. Containers are used to provide logical management of the objects in the AD database. You may want more flexibility than these default containers provide, so Microsoft provides organizational units (OUs). OUs provide several benefits, including: O The two most important reasons for creating OUs are administrative delegation and man- aging Group Policy Objects. You will learn more about Group Policy Objects in Chapter 8. The ability to customize the container names The ability to create a hierarchy representing your organization (OUs can be nested in other OUs for a folder tree-like structure.) The ability to delegate administrative capabilities to a specific user account or group for an OU or hierarchy of OUs The ability to link different Group Policy Objects to different OUs