Moving an Object to a Different OU or Container,Renaming,Deleting an Object

Renaming an Object

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to rename an object in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to rename the name attribute of the OU ManagedGroups to Groups:
Rename-ADObject "OU=ManagedGroups,OU=Managed,DC=Fabrikam,DC=Com" -NewName Groups

Additional information

The following property value is the value that is used in the renaming of an Active Directory object:

• NewName
  

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Rename-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Rename-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.

Moving an Object to a Different OU or Container

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to move an object to a different organizational unit (OU) or container in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to move the user object Brad Sutton from the Users container to the OU Accounting in the Fabrikam.com domain:
Move-ADObject 'CN=Brad Sutton,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com' -TargetPath 'OU=Accounting,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com'

Additional information

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Move-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Move-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.

Deleting an Object

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to delete an object in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to delete the computer object AmyAl-LPTOP from AD DS:
Remove-ADObject 'CN=AmyAl-LPTOP,CN=Computers,DC=FABRIKAM,DC=COM'

Additional information

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Remove-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Remove-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.