Offline Domain Join Powershell
To get the results of the command.
Offline domain join powershell. Log on to the windows server 2008 r2 running the active directory domain services or windows 7 machines running rsat tools with the account having permission to add computers to the domain. Offline domain join recreating the blob file using powershell 2016 07 01 3 minute read table of content using djoin copying the content of the blob to another file recreating the djoin blob file from the content more. Offline domain join is a new process that computers that run windows 10 or windows server 2016 can use to join a domain without contacting a domain controller.
I will provide step by step instructions for adding a single computer and multiple computers to the domain. What are the steps to be performed for offline domain join. Also i ll show you how to move the computer to an ou once it s been.
It also creates a domain account if the computer is added to the domain without an account. Windows server semi annual channel windows server 2016 this guide explains the steps to perform an offline domain join with directaccess. The add computer cmdlet adds the local computer or remote computers to a domain or workgroup or moves them from one domain to another.
We have a list of computers that need to be offline domain joined that will be going into a specific organizational unit all the same. This makes it possible to join computers to a domain in locations where there is no connectivity to a corporate network. You can use the parameters of this cmdlet to specify an organizational unit ou and domain controller or to perform an unsecure join.
Offline domain join over direct access direct access is a remote access feature introduced in windows server 2008r2 windows 7 that work at the computer level. During an offline domain join a. I wrote on offline domain join odj a while back where i used powershell to rebuild a djoin compatible file from the djoin exe output in a format that djoin would accept.
Since the era of windows 7 and windows server 2008 r2 microsoft has added offline domain join to the administrator s tools. Basically there are four major steps that need to be performed to join a computer to the domain using the offline domain join method. Offline domain join is a great feature it allow you to be more agile for your computer deployments.