Powershell Join Domain With New Computer Name

Function join domain param parameter position 0 string computername env computername parameter position 1 validateset ou computers ou chicago dc your dc domain dc here ou computers ou paris dc your dc domain dc here ou computers ou sydney dc your dc domain dc here ou computers ou toronto dc your dc domain dc here string ou cn computers ou chicago dc your dc domain dc here renamecomputer true if computername eq or.

Powershell join domain with new computer name. It also can be used to add to a workgroup or to move it from one domain to another. Powershell we can add the computer to ad domains using powershell which is very important while doing automation in a windows environment. You may need to run powershell as administrator to avoid access denied errors.

Change yourdomainname to your active directory domain name. If i sit down at one of these machines i can log in with a local admin account go into change setting and change the computer name and domain name and when prompted use my domain admin account to join the new domain. Rename remote computer and join a different domain.

The add computer cmdlet used to add the local or remote computer to a domain. To do this just right click the powershell icon and select run as administrator. Join single computer to domain with powershell.

Open powershell and run the following command. Uses an existing machine account to join the computer to a read only domain controller.