This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Add-Computer', in PowerShell version 2 - as retrieved from
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Add the local computer to a domain or workgroup.
Add-Computer [-DomainName] <string> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-OUPath <string>] [-Server <string>] [-Unsecure] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatI
f] [<CommonParameters>]
Add-Computer [-WorkGroupName] <string> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Add-Computer cmdlet adds the local computer to a domain or workgroup, or moves it from one domain to another. It also creates a domain accoun
t if the computer is added to the domain without an account.
You can use the parameters of this cmdlet to specify an organizational unit (OU) and domain controller or to perform an unsecure join.
To get the results of the command, use the Verbose and PassThru parameters.
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Checkpoint-Computer
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C:\PS>add-computer -domainname Domain01; restart-computer
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These commands add the local computer to the Domain01 domain using the credentials of the current user.
The first command adds the computer to the domain. The second command uses the Restart-Computer cmdlet to restart the computer, which completes t
he join operation. The semi-colon (;) separates the two commands.
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C:\PS>add-computer -workgroupname WORKGROUP-A
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This command adds the local computer to the Workgroup-A workgroup.
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C:\PS>add-computer -DomainName Domain01 -Server Domain01\DC01 -passthru -verbose
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This command adds the local computer to the Domain01 domain by using the Domain01\DC01 domain controller.
The command uses the PassThru and Verbose parameters to get detailed information about the results of the command.
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C:\PS>Add-Computer -domainname Domain02 -OUPath OU=testOU,DC=domain,DC=Domain,DC=com
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This command adds the Server01 and Server02 computers to the Domain02 domain. It uses the OUPath command to specify the organization unit for the
new accounts.
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C:\PS>Add-Computer -domainname Domain02 -cred Domain02\Admin02 -passthru
Description
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This command adds the local computer to the Domain02 domain by using the credentials of a domain administrator. The command uses the PassThru par
ameter to generate a brief report about the results of the command.