Module 2 Project –Designing Active Directory OU.
Background
ACME Widgets is a multinational corporation with several divisions. ACME clients include U.S. and international manufacturers and some U.S. military contractors. ACME Widgets hired you as a consultant to design the Active Directory logical diagram.
ACME Corporate structure:
• ACME Navigation – the largest division, is involved in design and manufacture of electronic components used in navigation and guidance systems.
• ACME IC– this division’s mission is to design and manufacture custom IC (integrated circuits) and specialty chips as a subcontractor to OEMs.
• ACME Software – this division provided outsourcing software development services.
ACME logical framework
ACME Widgets corporate entity has been setup as a forest root domain. The name Acme-widgets.biz was registered as an external DNS name. All internal divisions have been setup as child domains of the Forest Root domain Acme-widgets.biz
Each ACME Widgets division has several departments. The departments are:
Domain Departments
ACME-Widgets Operations
ACME-Navigation Production (Testing, Manufacturing), Engineering (Navigation, Guidance), Sales (Government Sales, International Sales, OEM Sales), Operations (Accounting, Customer Service)
ACME-IC Production (Engineering, Manufacturing), Sales and Marketing, Operations (Accounting, Customer Service)
ACME-Software Software Development, Sales and Marketing, Operations (Accounting, Customer Service)
ACME Widgets Organizational Chart
Project Deliverables
Complete the following project objectives.
1. Using Visio create a logical domain design and the organization unit design based on the ACME Widgets organizational chart. Properly connect and label all domains and OUs. Save the Visio diagram as a JPG image. Insert that JPG image of the Visio diagram in the picture placeholder below.
2. In the table below, enter a DN (Distinguished Name) using LDAP protocol for each of the corresponding objects (OU, user or computer).
Domain Object DN (Distinguished Name) using LDAP naming convention
EXAMPLE:
User “JStudent” located in “Sales” OU in “ACME-Software” child domain EXAMPLE
CN=JStudent,OU=Sales,DC=ACME-Software,DC=ACME-Widgets,DC=biz
“Sales and Marketing” OU located in “ACME-IC” domain Click or tap here to enter text.
User “DJohnson” located in “Guidance” OU, which is located in “Engineering” OU in “ACME-Navigation” domain Click or tap here to enter text.
Computer “SVR1H2Z” located in built-in “Computers” container in “ACME-Widgets” domain Click or tap here to enter text.
Computer “Workstation123” located in “Operations” OU in “ACME-Software” domain Click or tap here to enter text.
References (required)
List at least 2 references to support your decisions and recommendations. Be sure to use APA formatted references.
