Quitch,
A bit late with this, but it seems this is a known issue with SMP7 and the AD Import. I can hardly imagine how this went unreported and unresolved for this long, but it is reported as corrected as part of SMP 7.0 SP4:
AKB 50719 under the Filters and Resource Targets issues section.
I haven't messed with NS7 too much yet, but the OUs for machines imported from AD should absolutely be available. For groups, you would need to add a specific AD Import method for the groups you're interested in (AD groups aren't imported by default).