Configuring Users and Computers in Active Directory

ProfileUnity uses Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy Management for managing the users and computers configured to use the software and for activating the ProfileUnity Client without manually installing the agent on each of those individual physical or virtual desktops. Consequently, there are some administrative tasks outside of installing the ProfileUnity software where administrators need to configure some Active Directory and Group Policy settings. The ProfileUnity Management Console can automate configuring some of the Group Policy settings after the ProfileUnity Organizational Unit (OU) has been created, or you can choose to manually configure your AD settings.

Create a ProfileUnity Computer Organizational Unit

1. If you are using a Windows Server 2016 or newer Domain Controller, start the Server Manager Dashboard. Click the Tools menu and select Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC).
2. To create a new ProfileUnity OU for your domain, right-click the domain name or other OU and select New > Organizational Unit. Give it any name you prefer such as ProfileUnity Computers or ProfileUnity Desktops.
3. At this point, you can either create new computers inside this newly created ProfileUnity computer OU, or you can move computers that already exist under your domain to this ProfileUnity OU. When you are finished, this ProfileUnity OU should contain all of the physical and virtual desktops that users are allowed to log in to and have ProfileUnity manage their user environment.