Windows Domain Join using Powershell

Join Domain using Powershell

To join a computer to the domain, it requires domain admins privileges.

• Join to a Domain

Add-Computer -DomainName "domain.com" -Restart

• Join to a Domain Controller with Verbose mode

Add-Computer -DomainName Domain01 -Server Domain01\DC01 -PassThru -Verbose

• Join and move to specific OU

Add-Computer -DomainName Domain02 -OUPath "OU=testOU,DC=domain, DC=Domain,DC=com"

• Join domain Using and put credential.

Add-Computer -ComputerName Server01 -LocalCredential Server01\Admin01 -DomainName Domain02 -Credential Domain02\Admin02 -Restart -Force

• Join domain Using and put credential and move the computer to a new domain

Add-Computer -ComputerName Server01, Server02, localhost -DomainName Domain02 -LocalCredential Domain01\User01 -UnjoinDomainCredential Domain01\Admin01 -Credential Domain02\Admin01 -Restart

Unjoin from domain in Powershell

Remove-Computer -UnjoinDomaincredential Domain01\Admin01 -PassThru -Verbose -Restart

• Unjoin several computers from the domain.

Remove-Computer -ComputerName "Server01", "Server02" -UnjoinDomainCredential Domain01\Admin01 -WorkgroupName "Local" -Restart -Force

• Unjoin listed computers from the domain.

Remove-Computer -ComputerName (Get-Content OldServers.txt) -LocalCredential Domain01\Admin01 -UnJoinDomainCredential Domain01\Admin01 -WorkgroupName "Workgaroup" -Force -Restart