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MachineObjectOU

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  • 07/25/2008

MachineObjectOU is an optional setting. It specifies the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) X.500-distinguished name of the organizational unit (OU) in which the computer account is created. This account is in Active Directory on a domain controller in the domain to which the computer is being joined.

Values

MachineObjectOU

Specifies the full LDAP path name of the OU to which the computer belongs. For example,

OU=MyOu,DC=MyDom,DC=MyCompany,DC=com

MachineObjectOU is a string.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin | Identification | MachineObjectOU

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set the OU.

<MachineObjectOU>OU=MyOu,OU=MyParentOu,DC=MyDomain,DC=MyCompany,DC=com</MachineObjectOU>

See Also

Concepts

Identification