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SBS Add User Wizard: The required organizational units do not exist and are required by the wizard...
I've inherited a couple year old SBS network at my new company, and the external IT company left it in various states of brokeness. I've fixed most of it up, but I'm wondering about fixing the SBS wizards.
If I try the Add User Wizard, I get 'The Required organizational units do not exist and are required by the wizard. Run Small Business Server Setup again, and reinstall the administration component.'
I'll be treading very lightly because we have over 50 users (25 concurrent) and it's at a remote location. Is there an easy and safe way to fix this... where should I start. All the SBS OU's that I'm used to are there, so I'm not sure what to check.
If I try the Add User Wizard, I get 'The Required organizational units do not exist and are required by the wizard. Run Small Business Server Setup again, and reinstall the administration component.'
I'll be treading very lightly because we have over 50 users (25 concurrent) and it's at a remote location. Is there an easy and safe way to fix this... where should I start. All the SBS OU's that I'm used to are there, so I'm not sure what to check.
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Just reviewed this again...
Is this SBS 2003? If so, then having over 50 users is not a problem... since 75 is the limit. Concurrent users don't matter as SBS licensing doesn't recognize that.
Jeff
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Is this SBS 2003? If so, then having over 50 users is not a problem... since 75 is the limit. Concurrent users don't matter as SBS licensing doesn't recognize that.
Jeff
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Thanks Jeff, I've been out of town and forgot to check this. I have all those OU's but I still get the error message. I didn't want to run setup again, because I wasn't sure what the consequences were. I was hoping someone had recieved and resolved this error message.
I only mentioned the number of users to clarify the number of pissed off people there will be if user accounts get hosed :)
I only mentioned the number of users to clarify the number of pissed off people there will be if user accounts get hosed :)
Reinstalling components on SBS is a standard maintenance procedure... you should not be reluctant to do that.
Jeff
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Jeff
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Thanks Jeff (as usual I only get to this about couple times a month on a whim)
The OU MyBusiness had be renamed by the IT company and I didn't catch it. There really should be a way to rename that. MyBusiness is just tacky as all get out. No biggie of course.
The OU MyBusiness had be renamed by the IT company and I didn't catch it. There really should be a way to rename that. MyBusiness is just tacky as all get out. No biggie of course.
Why? Nobody ever sees that. The issue is that then the wizards would need to have another layer of complexity which we know they certainly don't need.
The fact is that Microsoft was originally going to also use a default, non-changable internal Domain name (SmallBusiness.local), but I guess even more people complained about that one.
Jeff
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The fact is that Microsoft was originally going to also use a default, non-changable internal Domain name (SmallBusiness.local), but I guess even more people complained about that one.
Jeff
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Sure, I wouldn't bother renaming it, I know better then to futz with SBS when it's not necessary; but MyBusiness is a pretty illogical name (who is
My' referencing?) and it is visible to anyone who can browse AD, ie adding printers, finding computers or users etc.
My' referencing?) and it is visible to anyone who can browse AD, ie adding printers, finding computers or users etc.
Well, Microsoft has done away with "My" in Vista... so perhaps they'll do away with it in the next release of SBS and it'll be called something that you'd be more agreeable with.
However, I don't know of ANY small business users that browse AD. What would they be looking for and why?
The only thing I can think of is adding printers, and that doesn't bring up the OU's unless you click "browse...". which most don't because they click "Find" which searches the entire AD and doesn't show OU's.
Jeff
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However, I don't know of ANY small business users that browse AD. What would they be looking for and why?
The only thing I can think of is adding printers, and that doesn't bring up the OU's unless you click "browse...". which most don't because they click "Find" which searches the entire AD and doesn't show OU's.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
I have the same issue on a 1 month old SBS 2003 R2 server. In this instance the administrator password has been changed. I wonder if that is a factor.
No, the problem in this case was that the default OU was renamed.
Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
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