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Powershell Moving OU after build

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Jeff Longley

Brief overview:

MDT builds machines into dedicated OU.

Post build, PDQ inventory detects build, PDQ deploys apps based on Criteria.

What I'm looking for a is a way to move the machine into the correct OU.

So:

I'm halfway there by getting the computername and moving it.

$newbuild = $env:computername

get-adcomputer $newbuild | Move-ADObject -TargetPath "OU=the right damn one!"

However, this relies on RSAT tools. I can do it manually by invoking a PSSession to a DC, but of course, you can't use PSsessions in scripts. Maybe I just need some more caffeine....

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    Rudy Mens

    Hey Jeff,

    Probably you don't need it anymore, but I was looking for the exact same solution. Finally solved it as followed:

    #OU path to move to
    $path = "OU=Stock,OU=Site,OU=Computers,DC=domain,DC=Local"

    #Run PS remote session on domaincontroller
    $session = New-PSSession -computerName <domaincontroller>

    #Get the computername to move
    $computer = $env:computername

    Invoke-command { import-module activedirectory } -session $session
    Invoke-command { Get-ADComputer $Using:computer | Move-ADObject -TargetPath $Using:path } -session $session

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    David Allen
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    I can't get this to work as a PDQDeploy package.

     

    Powershell version 5 is needed

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    Stephen Valdinger

    I'm quite certain that you can't implicitly remote inside of a script, though I could be wrong. That's likely why it won't work as a PDQ Deploy package. I'll rack my brain, but everything I can think of relies on RSAT or an interactive session. Cmdlets like Add-Computer and Remove-Computer aren't going to help you in this instance I don't think. 

    Also, just so I'm clear, you are wanting to put a PC in the right spot in AD as part of your deployment process, correct?

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    Rudy Mens

    Strange, the package is running fine here for the last couple of months. 

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    Chris Summers

    I just did this the other day, here is a VB script that works for us that moves it to an Inventory OU

    Set objSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
    Set objComputer = GetObject("LDAP://" & objSysInfo.ComputerName)
    strComputerDN = objSysInfo.ComputerName

    objComputer.Description = "INVENTORY"
    objComputer.SetInfo
    Set objNewOU = GetObject("LDAP://OU=Inventory,OU=Computers,OU=Managed Objects,DC=yourdomain,DC=com")
    Set objMoveComputer = objNewOU.MoveHere _
    ("LDAP://" & strComputerDN, vbNullString)

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