Domain Join To Specific Ou
This is because i have gpos that must apply to all workstations in the domain.
Domain join to specific ou. When i join a workstation with windows 7 in the domain i want that computer to be put into a specific ou. The deault upn is in the form host netbiosname realm. Netdom join 08 31 2016 2 minutes to read in this article applies to. Can i only accomplish this.
I will provide step by step instructions for adding a single computer and multiple computers to the domain. When you join a computer to a domain by default the computer is placed in the computers container which technically is not an ou so you can t link group policy objects to it. The act of joining a computer to a domain creates an. I m trying to join a computer to a domain with a specified ou by using powershell.
Net ads join help net ads join options valid options. Join a computer to a domain and place it in a specific container ou powershell add computer domainname yourdomainhere ydh credential domain username oupath ou yourou ou yourou dc yourdc dc yourdc you can copy and paste into notepad to. We are using wds but only to install the base image we are doing the domain join and activation and all that fun stuff manually. I have one dc and three adc server and my query is if one computer mumbai location is joining the domain this computer is automatically move to specific ou mumbai ou it is possible or not.
Createcomputer ou precreate the computer account in a specific ou. Createupn upn set the userprincipalname attribute during the join. Just put the ou in your unattended file. My best practice is to switch the default ou from the computers container to a sub ou under a production ou.
The whole point of the ou s is so we can use gpo to deploy printers etc to each little. Only when its a workstation with windows 7. Idealy i would like to use ps to join the domain like you have listed but based on the first 3 letters of the computer name typed in join specific ous for instance if your name name was par1234 join the paris ou if the computer name was aus1234 join the. Also i ll show you how to move the computer to an ou once it s been.