Question

How is an organizational unit different from a normal container

Answer 1

OUs are unique from Containers, which are another type of organizational object that is contained within Active Directory. OUs differ from Containers primarily because an OU can have a Group Policy Object (GPO) linked to it, where a Container cannot. This might not sound all that important, but it is paramount.

Answer 2

Organizational unit can be used to isolate/filter department posts on the quarter or type of users/groups/computers. You can apply a combination policy on the organizational unit as compared to normal container.

• Collections can be used to the organization to be able to apply for approval instead of doing it one by one.
• It's easy to maintain a group than an individual. Let us assume, you have to add 1000 users in a folder. Still, instead of combining one by one, you can join a security group and follow on.
• You can transform the organization to attach or detach users somewhat of going to folder & combining or assassinating it manually.