Can we use variables?

Hello everyone,

we're trying to create a script for use on new installations or reinstallations. One of the lines will be to rename a device (Rename-Computer -ComputerName "OldName" -NewName "NewName" -DomainCredential Domain01\Admin01 -Force). But is there a way to work with variables so we can define this seperately for the devices?

Also, we already tried the command directly in PDQDeploy, but we don't get a window asking for the credentials. When we use it directly via powershell is does ask for it. Are we doing something wrong or maybe forgetting something?

Jo

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  • You could do something like the following for Variables.

    $Computer = Get-WmiObject -Class:Win32_ComputerSystemProduct | Select-Object -Property IdentifyingNumber
    $NewName = "Prefix$($Computer.IdentifyingNumber)"
    Computer -ComputerName "OldName" -NewName $NewName -DomainCredential Domain01\Admin01 -Force

    This would assign a name based the computers SN. It ultimately depends on how you are naming your computers. Yes it can be done, but the question is how complicated it will be. I believe you can also reference PDQ variables in Powershell scripts run from PDQ, but I have not done this myself.

    Since the script requires user interaction, it needs to be deployed as interactive or logged on user (I forget which).

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  • OK, than you for the info. We'll play around already with this. 

    If someone else has suggestions or experience with it, please shoot.

    Jo

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