Using the Move organizational unit action

Use the Move organizational unit action to move an organizational unit from an existing location to a new location.

Prerequisites

Ensure there is an existing organizational unit.

Organizational unit operations

Procedure

  1. In the Actions palette, double-click or drag the Move organizational unit action from the Active Directory package.
  2. Add the organizational unit name:
    • Add the name from the server by performing these steps:
      1. Click Add organizational units from server.
      2. Enter the host, domain credentials, and enable settings for a secure settings in the Connect to server window, and click Connect.
        You can choose one of the following options from the Use secure connection field:
        • False: Select this option for connections using LDAP. This is the default setting.
        • True: Choose this option for secure connections using LDAPS.
        Note:
        • As a prerequisite, you must add the LDAPS server certificate to a Windows Server to use the Active Directory server connection with LDAPS. See Add LDAPS server certificate to Windows certificate store.
        • When manually constructing the parent path and creating an Active Directory (AD) server connection string with the valid LDAPS protocol, ensure to use ldaps in lowercase. For example: ldaps://irobo.aatest.com/CN=Users,DC=aatest,DC=com
      3. In the Select organizational unit window, select the organizational unit name from the Domain Objects panel and click Apply.
    • Enter the name in the Organizational unit name field.
  3. Add the LDAP path: or perform the following steps if you choose the option Select organizational unit object
    • Enter the path in the Move to field.
    • Select organizational unit object and perform these steps:
      1. Enter the host and domain credentials in the Connect to server window and click Connect.
      2. In the Select organizational unit window, select the destination server path from the Domain Objects panel and click Apply.
  4. Enter the same session name in the Active Directory session that you used in the Connect action.
  5. Click Save and Apply.