Powershell script Import-Module activedirectory to another Domain that has Trust Relationship

Question

Hello,

I have a widows server bound to a domain and it runs a script that is basically users new-user but before imports the Module Active Directory. That all works fine

However im being asked to run the same script on another domain, however i have the felling as the existing script is just using Import-Module activedirectory and not specifying a server it will just go to the active directory its bound to and setup the new user account.

Is there anything i could do in the new-user powersehll commend to specify which active directory the new user will be setup on ?

or would i be better off just creating a new script, if i create the new script how would i specify the new domain to setup the new user on?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use two parameters off the New-ADuser command:

-Server -> Specifies the server or ad where the user should be create
-Credentials -> To provide credentials of a user that is allowed to create the user (if the user running the script is not allowed to create the user in the domain)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/addsadministration/new-aduser?view=win10-ps

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi,

You can do that with the cmdlet New-ADUser. Use -Path to specify the OU and -Server to specify the AD DS instance.

For more details
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/addsadministration/new-aduser?view=win10-ps

Best Regards，
Ian

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