Follow the steps below to set up a virtual organizational unit.
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NOTE: Any organizational units set up in Nova are not pulled into Microsoft Entra ID. |
1.In the left menu, select Manage Administration > Tenants.
2.Either:
oClick the ellipsis button (...) next to a tenant and select New.
oOr, create a virtual organizational unit that's nested under an existing one by expanding the tenant, finding the organizational unit you will create one under, clicking the ellipsis button (...) next to it, and selecting New.
3.Enter a name for the new organizational unit and click Save.
Complete the steps below to add a user or group to a virtual organizational unit.
1.In the left menu, select Manage Administration > Tenants.
2.Expand the organizational units until you find the one to which you will add a new user or group.
3.Click the desired organizational unit is ellipses (...) button and select Users.
4.Select the checkbox next to the desired user or group and click Move.
5.Expand the tree until you find the desired target organizational unit, and then select it and click Save.
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NOTE: You cannot have a specific user across more than one vOU. For example, you cannot have a user in a United States vOU and a Sales vOU. |
When deleting a virtual organizational unit containing users, those users can be moved to another vOU. Here is how to do it:
1.In the left menu, select Manage Administration > Tenants.
2.Expand organizational units until you find the one you want to delete.
3.Click the desired organizational unit is ellipses button (...) and select Delete.
4.In the left frame, find and select the vOU to which you will move any users from the deleted vOU, and then click OK to apply the changes.
Here is a video showing the steps above.
When creating a virtual organizational unit, as well as giving the vOU a name, you can enter a User Assignment Rule. With this feature users will be automatically moved to this virtual organizational unit, based on the rule that you specify. Below are the steps to do that:
1.Go to your vOU and click on the ellipses button, then click Edit.
2.Under User assignment rule, click Add, then Group.
3.Click the + icon, then Property.
4.Click Choose property, then from the drop down menu, click Country.
5.For Choose operator, click Equals, then type United Kingdom into the text field.
6.Click the + icon again, and select Property.
7.Click Choose property, then from the drop down menu, click Department.
8.For Choose operator, select Equals, then type Sales in the text field.
9.Click Save.
Users with these attributes already assigned will now be automatically assigned to this vOU.
Another example is creating a vOU for the marketing department assigned in the United States or Canada. Applying the steps above in this scenario, the rule should look like the image below:
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