WS Lesson-14

 Joining a Computer to a Domain

Computers maintain accounts, just as users do, that include a name, password, and security identifier (SID). Those properties are incorporated into the computer object class within Active Directory. Preparing for a computer to be part of your domain is therefore a process strikingly similar to preparing for a user to be part of your domain: you must create a computer object in Active Directory.

Creating Computer Accounts

To create a computer object, or “account,” open Active Directory Users And Computers and select the container or OU in which you want to create the object. From the Action menu or the right-click shortcut menu, choose the New–Computer command. The New Object–Computer dialog box appears, as illustrated in Figure below.

In the New Object–Computer dialog box, type the computer name.

The following page of the dialog box requests a GUID. A GUID is used to prestage a computer account for Remote Installation Services (RIS) deployment

It is not necessary to enter a GUID when creating a computer account for a machine you will be joining to the domain using other methods. So just click Next and then click Finish.