After join the workstation into system it will be move to a particular OU not the  default
after added any particular workstation to domain and make that workstation is member server , the workstation could be automatically move to particular OU not the default ou i.e "computer&q
April 21st, 2015 2:19pm

Hi Paul,

May be the default container is pointed to some other OU Distinguished name.

You should verify and change that.

If using Windows Server 2008 R2 it is much simplified by using the Active Directory Modules for Powershell. Just open a Powershell prompt and use the following command line to verify the location:

Get-ADDomain | select computerscont*

For more info, refer the below..

http://rickardnobel.se/verify-redirected-computers-container-in-active-directory/

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April 21st, 2015 3:09pm

Devaraj that command is not working

April 21st, 2015 3:37pm

If you are asking in how to change the default container when joining a computer to a domain then you can use redircmp: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770619.aspx

If you are asking in how to automatically move a computer account to the right OU then you can thing about the following:

  • Have a naming convention that clearly shows the type of the computer (Example: You can use SRV as a prefix for servers and WKS as a prefix for workstations)
  • Develop a script (Powershell is powerful enough to do it) that moves the computers to the right OU depending on its name. Once done, use Task Scheduler to run the script regularly
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April 21st, 2015 7:08pm

after added any particular workstation to domain and make that workstation is member server , the workstation could be automatically move to particular OU not the default ou i.e "computer&q
April 21st, 2015 10:09pm

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