Setting up the organizational structure in the SafeGuard Management Center

Note

Importing the organizational structure or creating it manually is only necessary if you skipped the initial import triggered by the SafeGuard Management Center Configuration Wizard.

There are two ways of mapping your organization in SafeGuard Enterprise:

  • Importing an Active Directory structure.

    During the synchronization with the Active Directory, objects such as computers, users, and groups are imported into the SafeGuard Management Center and stored in the SafeGuard Enterprise Database.

  • Creating the company structure manually.

    If there is no directory service available or if there are only few organizational units so that no directory service is needed, you can create new domains/workgroups which the user or computer can log on to.

You can use either one of these two options or combine them. For example, you can import an Active Directory (AD) either partially or entirely, and create other organizational units (OUs) manually.

When combining the two methods, the organizational units created manually are not mapped in the AD. If you want organizational units created in SafeGuard Enterprise to be mapped in the AD, you must add them to the AD separately.

For information on how to import or create an organization structure, see Managing the organizational structure.