13.5 Move-DRADynamicDistributionGroup

Synopsis

Moves a dynamic distribution group from one location in Active Directory to another.

Syntax

Move-DRADynamicDistributionGroup -Domain <String> -TargetContainer <String> -Identifier <String> [-DRARestServer <String>] [-DRARestPort <Int32>] [-IgnoreCertificateErrors <SwitchParameter>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-Timeout <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Move-DRADynamicDistributionGroup cmdlet moves the group named in Identifier to the OU named in the TargetContainer. The requesting user must have the Move Group to OU power on the TargetContainer. Supported formats for Identifier are friendly name and distinguished name.

Parameters

Attribute / Description

Parameters / Values

Required

Position

Default Value

Accept Pipeline input?

Accept wildcard characters?

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”.

false

named

 

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

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

Domain <String>

The domain of the object in fqdn format. For example: mydomain.corp

true

named

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

DRARestServer [<String>]

The name of the computer running the DRA REST Service. The requested DRA operation will execute on this server. If the parameter is not specified, the value defaults to 'localhost'.

false

named

 

true (ByPropertyName)

false

DRARestPort [<Int32>]

The port where the DRA REST Service listens for requests. If the parameter is not specified, the value defaults to 8755.

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

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

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:For more information, type "Get-Help Move-DRADynamicDistributionGroup -detailed". For technical information, type "Get-Help Move-DRADynamicDistributionGroup -full".

Example 13-9 1

PS C:\>Move-DRADynamicDistributionGroup  -Domain MyDomain.corp -Identifier     "CN=Engineering,OU=Accounting,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp" -TargetContainer "OU=NewParent,OU=AccountingHomeOffice,DC=MyDomain,DC=corp"

This example moves the dynamic distribution group named Engineering from the Accounting container to the NewParent container. The identifier contains the distinguished name for the dynamic distribution group.