how to unjoin to the domain, rename the PC and then join it to the new domain in one script

Question

Anyone who has a PSEXEC or Powershell script to unjoin to the domain, rename the PC and then join it to the new domain in one script. We're migrating to a new server/domain and needs to rename also all the PCs using a standard PC name before joining it to the new domain.

Thanks, Ed

Give it a try and show your [mcve] if you run into problems. — , Mar 05 '19 at 17:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '19 at 16:59

This is straightforward via the Win32_ComputerSystem WMI class:

# Fetch the `Win32_ComputerSystem` instance on localhost
$CS = Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem

# Unjoin old domain
$CS |Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName UnjoinDomainOrWorkGroup -Arguments @{
  FUnjoinOptions = 4
  Password = $DomainPassword
  UserName = $DomainUser
}

# Rename the computer
$CS |Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName Rename -Arguments @{
  Name = $NewComputerName
}

# Join the new domain
$CS |Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName JoinDomainOrWorkGroup -Arguments @{
  AccountOU = 'OU=Computers,DC=new,DC=domain,DC=tld'
  FJoinOptions = 0
  Name = 'new.domain.tld'
  Password = $NewDomainPassword
  UserName = $NewDomainUser
}

how to unjoin to the domain, rename the PC and then join it to the new domain in one script

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