Forum Discussion
add computers to security group automatically
I would like to add computers in AD with names that start with desktop to a security group: testgroup.
We would like to run this powershell command thru scheduled tasks to run every week so that if someone forgets to add the computer to the security group it will be done. Every computer with name desktop must be aded to that group.
I have the following:
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "desktop*"' -properties displayname | add-adgroupmember -identity "testgroup"
When i run this it asks for a members(0)
How can we accomplish this?
I would like to first test it with desktop1 in stead of *.
did you add the * after the desktop1
try this small change
$AllPC=Get-ADComputer -Filter 'SamAccountName -like "desktop*"'
12 Replies
- ADD-ADGroupMember -identity “NAME OF YOUR GROUP” –members “$env:computername$”
Comments:
The "" can be taken literally
“$env:computername$” = this is a variable that will add the Computer that the script is running on to your specified Group Use the following
(Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "Desktop*"' -properties displayname).foreach{add-adgroupmember -identity "MyADGROUP" -Members $_.SamAccountName}
Please remember that computer object should have at their end $, otherwise it will be considered as ad user account.
--------------
If you find this answer helpfull , Click on best response and give like
Hi, this is what i get:
Method invocation failed because [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADComputer] does not contain a method named 'foreac
h'.
At line:1 char:1
+ (Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "desktop1*"' -properties displayname ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (foreach:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFoundMust there be a $ at desktop1$
