Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Creating computer objects

When a desktop computer or member server is joined to a domain, it will create a computer object in AD.

This computer object can be created before being added to the domain. This will not add the device to the domain, but it can be used with offline domain joins and RODC domain joins.

In order to create a computer object, we can use the New-ADComputer cmdlet. To view the complete syntax of the command, use this:

Get-Command New-ADComputer -Syntax

The minimum attribute you need to create a computer object is -Name:

New-ADComputer -Name "REBEL-PC-01" -SamAccountName "REBEL-PC-01" -Path "OU=Computers,OU=Europe,DC=rebeladmin,DC=com"

In the preceding example, the command will create the REBEL-PC01 computer object in the ...