Now add this path to the command, below is the command for my domain. Then click the Attribute Editor and copy the value of distinguishedName. The easiest way to get this is by navigating to the OU in Active Directory Users and Computers and opening the properties of the OU. The PowerShell command requires the distinguished name of the OU. I have an OU setup called sales so I want the computers to automatically be moved to that OU. In the following example, I’ll be adding computers to the domain that go to the sales department. Add-Computer -DomainName "Domain02" -OUPath "OU=testOU,DC=domain,DC=Domain,DC=com" Run this command to join a computer to the domain and specify the OU path. Thankfully we can automate this with PowerShell when we join the computers to the domain. It is best practice to move the computers from the default folder to a different OU. When you join a computer to the domain it will by default go the computers folder. Join Computer to Domain and specify OU Path With PowerShell Pretty cool right? This will defiantly speed up the process of joining multiple computers to the domain. This command will go through every computer listed in the text file and join them to the domain. The 2nd line is similar to the previous examples, now I just added the -ComputerName and the $computers variable. The first line sets up a variable ($computers), which stores the values of the text file. With the text file setup I’ll run the following commands: $computers = Get-Content -Path c:\it\computers.txtĪdd-Computer -ComputerName $computers -Domain "YourDomainName" -Restart I’ve saved the text file to c:\it\computers.txt In this example, I’ve created a text file called computers.txt and added PC2 and PC3 to it. To Join multiple computers to the domain you just need to create a text file and add the computer names to it. Tip: Run help add-computer to see all the command line options (syntax) Join Multiple Computers to the Domain From a Text File The computer should automatically restart and be joined to the domain. This will need to be a Domain Administrator account or a user that has been delegated rights to join computers to the domain. You will get prompted to enter your credentials.
add-computer –domainname "YourDomainName" -restartĮxample picture below running on my domain ad. Change YourDomainName to your Active Directory domain name. Open Powershell and run the following command. To do this just right-click the PowerShell icon and select “Run as Administrator”. Important Tip: You may need to run PowerShell as Administrator to avoid access denied errors. Join Single Computer To Domain with Powershell
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I will provide step by step instructions for adding a single computer and multiple computers to the domain.Īlso, I’ll show you how to move the computer to an OU once it’s been added to the domain. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to join a computer to the domain using PowerShell.
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