Renaming a Computer

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to rename a computer.

Example 1

The following example demonstrates how to rename the local domain-joined computer on which the command is being executed. This command must be run on the local computer:

ReName-Computer -NCN MyComputer

Example 2

The following example demonstrates how to rename the local domain-joined computer on which this command is being executed. This command must be run on the local computer:

ReName-Computer -ComputerName S1 -NCN MyComputer

Example 3

The following example demonstrates how to rename the local domain-joined computer on which this command is being executed. This command must be run on the local computer:

ReName-Computer S1 -NCN MyComputer

Example 4

The following example demonstrates how to rename a non-domain-joined computer:

Rename-ADObject ‘CN=fabrikamsrv1,OU=ManagedComputers,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com’ –NewName fabrikamsrv3

Additional information

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