Join Domain Windows 10 Powershell Script

Put the computer account into the specified domain organizational unit ou.

Join domain windows 10 powershell script. It also creates a domain account if the computer is added to the domain without an account. This is the only way other than creating a separate file to hold a hash to join a domain that i have found without needing to manually input the credentials at run time. In addition the windows powershell command is easier to read and they support prototyping.

This script mimics the basic functionality of the add computer cmdlet with reduced functionality. It prompts the administrator for credentials to add a computer to the domain. Thankfully we can automate this with powershell when we join the computers to the domain.

It then retrieves the wmi computersystem object and uses the joindomainorworkgroup method to join. To get the results of the command. Powershell to re join a machine to the domain.

It also can be used to add to a workgroup or to move it from one domain to another. Change the hostname of a computer. Join computer to domain and specify ou path with powershell.

I will try to make it more clear in the title. March 19 2015. In the end i gave up trying to get wds to do the automatic domain join on windows 10 via the imageunattend xml and instead did it via powershell.

Powershell solution for windows 10 automatic domain join. In windows powershell 2 0 this is still three commands but at least the commands are native to windows 7. It is best practice to move the computers from the default folder to a different ou.