Domain Join Specific Dc

Expand the domain nc node.

Domain join specific dc. Having some trouble joining some windows xp clients to domain with a specific domain controller. 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. However during a domain join or disjoin the process seems to skip all the site location. Could it be that because the workstation is technically not a member of the domain it is actually unable to do the site specific calls.

This node contains an object that begins with dc and reflects the correct domain name. Right click the default domain group policy and click edit. Idpinc asked on 2011 07 01. Run this command to join a computer to the domain and specify the ou path.

Method 1 assign rights to the user group using the default domain group policy. Thankfully we can automate this with powershell when we join the computers to the domain. Login to the domain controller and launch the group policy management console. Are the dc s refusing to give out the site specific info to a pc that is not in the domain.

For windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2 adsiedit is installed automatically when you install the active directory domain services role. To allow an user or group to add a computer to a domain you can perform the below steps. 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 australian ou. I need them to join a specific domain controller because of the many replication hops.

Run adsiedit msc as an administrator of the domain. Etc but if this is too difficult to do then i could do with a drop down menu with a few locations.