How to Find OU Distinguished Name in Active Directory

To sync users from Active Directory into Xink as employees, you’ll first need the Distinguished Name (DN) of the Organizational Unit (OU) containing those users.

How to Locate the DN of an OU

1. Launch Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. Click on the View menu and select Advanced Features.
   
   
3. Navigate to the target OU, right-click it, and select Properties.
   
   
4. In the Properties window, go to the Attribute Editor tab.
5. Find and highlight the distinguishedName attribute, then click View.
6. Right-click the DN value and choose Copy.
7. Click Cancel, then OK to close the windows.
   
   

Example DN Format

OU=Users,OU=Company_1OU,DC=Company_1,DC=internal