What Are Organizational Units (OUs) in Google Workspace
Learn what Organizational Units are for.
Organizational units contain global admin-level settings that apply to the user accounts. You are allowed to apply admin settings to specific Organizational Units. This way, you can apply a setting only to particular users.
When configuring a setting, look for the organizational units on the left. You will configure the setting for the organizational unit you select and its sub-units.
In the example image above (you can click to expand it), you can see that Sub OU #1 is selected on the left, and now we can configure any of the settings on the right for it, such as Append footer, Restrict delivery, or Content compliance. Only users in Sub OU #1 will get the setting applied to their accounts.
For example, you may want to turn off Gmail for five users.
Since it’s impossible to apply different settings to users based on their domain, you can consider using organizational units as a workaround.
Learn what Organizational Units are for.
See how to create a new Organizational Unit. Also, edit and update OUs.
Move users from one Organizational Unit to another.
Delete one of your Organizational Units.
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