Tuesday 2 October 2012

Adding a Computer to an Domain/OU in Deployment 7.x

The following examples assume an Active Directory with this structure:
domain.environment.local
└ OU 1
   └ OU 2
          └ OU 3
└ OU A
Joining a client machine to the root of the domain*
  • In the "Apply System Configuration" task, select the radio button next to "Domain:"
  • Populate the text box with the domain in the following format: domain.environment.local
  • Provide the credential area with a domain account with sufficient privileges to join the client to the domain
Joining a client machine to an OU that is one level deep
  • In the "Apply System Configuration" task, select the radio button next to "Domain:"
  • Populate the text box next to "Domain:" with the domain in the following format: domain.environment.local
  • Populate the text box next to "Organizational unit:" with the OU in the following format: OU 1
  • Provide the credential area with a domain account with sufficient privileges to join the client to the domain and specific organizational unit
Joining a client machine to an OU that multiple levels deep
  • In the "Apply System Configuration" task, select the radio button next to "Domain:"
  • Populate the text box next to "Domain:" with the domain in the following format: domain.environment.local
  • Populate the text box next to "Organizational unit:" with the OU in the following format: OU 1/OU 2/OU 3
  • Provide the credential area with a domain account with sufficient privileges to join the client to the domain and specific organizational unit

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