Is there a group policy to force all workstations in an OU to logoff?

Hello,
Is there a group policy to force all workstations in an OU to logoff?
Thanks in advance.

I have not seen a policy related to log off users of specific OU's, but why not to give this a try:
import-module activedirectory
$Computers=Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=hadock,dc=hadock,dc=net"
foreach($PC in $Computers)
(Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem -ComputerName $PC.name).win32shutdown(4)
Above script uses WMI to send force logoff requests to clients in Hadock OU.
Hope it helps.
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