How to enable container
option using ADSIT Edit tool
You need to create Active Directory Container.
In this case the most people probably thinking is that they have to create an
OU (Organizational Unit), but that is not the case.
There are a few differences
between an Active Directory Container and an Active Directory OU. The main
difference is that Group Policy Objects (GPO) cannot be applied to a container.
The Active Directory Users
and Computers program will not give the option the create Container objects by
default (right click, new). But with the following procedure, you can enable
this. (You have to be member of the “Schema Admins” security group)
Open “Adsiedit.msc”, richt
click “ADSI Edit” and click on “Connect to…”
Select “Schema” by “Select
a well known Naming Context” and press the “OK” button
In the left
plane select “Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=lan” and look in the right
plane for “CN=Container”. Open its properties.
Change the value of
“defaultHidingValue” to “FALSE” and press the “OK” button.
Open the Active Directory
Users and Computers program (check if Advanced Features are visible), right
click on the domain name or any Container/OU and select the “New” option. The
Container option is now also listed in the list of objects.
It’s done.
6. Restart server.
