Copies an existing Organizational Unit to a new Organizational Unit.
Copy-DRAOU -Domain <String> -Properties <Hashtable> -Identifier <String> [-DRARestServer <String>] [-DRARestPort <Int32>] [-IgnoreCertificateErrors <SwitchParameter>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-Timeout <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
The Copy-DRAOU cmdlet copies an existing Organizational Unit properties to a new Organizational Unit. The values provided in the -Properties parameter will overwrite the values provided by the existing Organizational Unit. You must supply the properties to give the new Organizational Unit a name. See the Add-DRAOU cmdlet help for examples of how to define the new Organizational Unit. The response contains the string generated by the server.
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Accept Pipeline input? |
Accept wildcard characters? |
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Properties <Hashtable> A hashtable of property values. The key is the name of a defined attribute in the REST interface. For example: -Properties @{Attribute1DRADisplayName="my value"; Attribute2DRADisplayName=value} Multiple values are specified as a comma-separated list.For example: -Properties @{Attribute1DRADisplayName=value1, value2} If the property name contains non-alphanumeric characters it needs to be quoted.For example: -Properties @{"Attribute1-DRA-DisplayName"=value} If the property value contains a quote it needs to be escaped with a backtick (`).For example: -Properties @{Attribute1DRADisplayName="`"sample`" value"} |
true |
named |
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true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
Identifier <String> The name or distinguished name of an existing Active Directory object. When the name is specified, an additional call to the DRA Server is needed to obtain the distinguished name for the object. |
true |
named |
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true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
Domain <String> The domain of the object in FQDN format. For example: mydomain.corp |
true |
named |
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true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
DRARestServer [<String>] The name of the computer running the DRA REST Service. The requested DRA operation will be sent to the REST Service running on the specified computer. If this parameter is not specified, then the cmdlet will attempt to discover a DRA REST Service to use. |
false |
named |
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true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
DRARestPort [<Int32>] The port number of the DRA REST Service. This parameter is only used when the DRARestServer parameter is also specified. If the DRARestServer parameter is specified but the DRARestPort is not, 8755 will be used as the default REST port. |
false |
named |
8755 |
true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
IgnoreCertificateErrors [<SwitchParameter>] Allows the request to bypass any SSL certificate errors, such as the InvalidOperation error that occurs when the REST Service is bound to a self-signed certificate. |
false |
named |
false |
false |
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Force [<SwitchParameter>] Suppresses any request for user input and supplies a 'yes' response. For example: -Force with a delete request will perform the delete without presenting the confirmation request to the user. |
false |
named |
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false |
false |
Timeout [<Int32>] The number of seconds to wait before the request to the DRA REST server times out. To specify an infinite timeout, you can set this parameter to -1. |
false |
named |
100 seconds |
true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
<CommonParameters> Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see About CommonParameters. |
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NOTE:For more information, type "Get-Help Copy-DRAOU -detailed". For technical information, type "Get-Help Copy-DRAOU -full".
Example 17-4 1
PS C:\>Copy-DRAOU -Identifier "CN=OUsource,OU=Accounting,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp" -Properties @{distinguishedName="CN=OUT123,OU=Tax,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp"} -domain MyDomain.corp
This example will copy the Organizational Unit named OUsource from the Accounting OU in MyDomain.corp to a new Organizational Unit named OU123 in the Tax OU in MyDomain.corp. The properties of OU123 will be the same as the properties of OUsource.
Example 17-5 2
PS C:\>Copy-DRAOU -Identifier "CN=OUsource,OU=Accounting,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp" -Properties @{distinguishedName="CN=OU123,OU=Tax,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp";Description="Tax Organizational Unit"} -domain MyDomain.corp
This example will copy the Organizational Unit named OUsource from the Accounting OU in MyDomain.corp to a new Organizational Unit named OU123 in the Tax OU in MyDomain.corp. The Description property for OU123 will be set to 'Tax Organizational Unit'.