Moves a computer from one location in Active Directory to another.
Move-DRAComputer -Domain <String> -TargetContainer <String> -Identifier <String> [-DRARestServer <String>] [-DRARestPort <Int32>] [-IgnoreCertificateErrors <SwitchParameter>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-Timeout <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
The Move-DRAComputer cmdlet moves the computer named in Identifier to the OU named in the TargetContainer.The requesting user must have the Move Computer to OU power on the TargetContainer. Supported formats for Identity are friendly name and distinguished name.
Attribute / Description |
Parameters / Values |
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Accept Pipeline input? |
Accept wildcard characters? |
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TargetContainer <String> The full path to the destination container for the object you are moving, in distinguished name format. For example: -TargetContainer "OU=Accounting,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp" |
true |
named |
true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
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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 |
true (ByPropertyName) |
false |
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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 Move-DRAComputer -detailed". For technical information, type "Get-Help Move-DRAComputer -full".
Example 6-8 1
PS C:\>Move-DRAComputer -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier "CN=Charlie,OU=Accounting,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp" -TargetContainer "OU=NewParent,OU=AccountingHomeOffice,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp"
This example moves the computer named Charlie from the Accounting container to the NewParent container. The identifier contains the distinguished name for the computer.