Domain Join From Command Line

You can join a windows 10 device to the domain with the 2 methods covered in this guide.

Domain join from command line. On the computer to join the domain open a powershell command prompt and enter the following command. Run this command to join a computer to the domain and specify the ou path. The idea is to join a client nyc cl1 to the domain in an organizational unit called clients the default container for joining clients to the domain is computers but this exercise will allow you to join the client to the ou that you want the computer object to be stored in.

Type the user password when prompted. If you are logged on at the machine you want to join. The user should have privileges to join a computer to the domain.

On the domain controller click start. There are two ways to join or leave a domain. From the list of options choose option 1 domain workgroup by typing 1 and press enter.

When you join a domain by using the command line utility ad bridge enterprise uses the hostname of the computer to derive a fully qualified domain name fqdn and then automatically sets the fqdn in the etc hosts file. Below is the command we need to run for joining the machine to a domain. Add computer domainname domain02 oupath ou testou dc domain dc domain dc com in the following example i ll be adding computers to the domain that go to the sales department.

To join the server to the domain type d and press enter. Netdom exe join computername domain domainname userd domainname username passwordd password. The netdom command or the powershell command lets add computer and remove computer.

Join active directory from the command line on linux or unix computers the location of the domain join command line utility is opt pbis bin domainjoin cli. Specify the domain name and a valid user for this domain domain user. Add computer domainname domain lan credential account user domain domainname.