How To Create A Device Collection Based on Active Directory OU

In SCCM you can create a user or device collection that will be populated by an active directory organizational unit or ou.

This can be very handy to use as it means you don’t need to give anyone access to SCCM to update memberships in collections.

To create a device collection based on an active directory OU there are a few steps we need to perform.

Create A Device Collection Based on Active Directory OU

To create a device collection based on an active directory ou we are going to create a device collection that uses a query membership rule.

To do this follow these steps

1. Open configuration manager console
2. Go to \Assets and Compliance\Overview\Device Collections
3. Click on create device collection in the toolbar
   
4. Give the collection a good descriptive name
   

   For advise on naming conventions for collections take a look at this guide I wrote.

5. Set the limiting collection by clicking browse (I recommend not to use the All systems collection)
6. Click next
   
7. Click Add Rule > Query Rule
   
8. On the query rules properties page give the query a name
9. Click on Edit Query Statement
   
10. Click the Criteria tab
11. Click the sun icon to edit the criteria
    
12. Click select
13. For Attribute class select System Resource
14. For Attribute select System OU Name
15. Click Ok
    
16. For the operator select is equal to
17. Click the value button
18. Highlight the required OU
19. Click ok
    
20. Click ok
21. Click ok
22. Click ok
23. Click Next
24. Click Next
25. Click Close
26. Right click on the device collection you just created and select refresh
27. Now check the amount of members in the group are as expected