Managing AD Computers
Before you can log in to a host as a domain user, such as Reskit\JerryG, that host computer must be a domain member. In AD, computer objects represent domain-joined computers that can use the domain to authenticate user login. When a domain-joined computer starts up, it contacts a domain controller to authenticate itself. The computer logs into the domain and creates a secure channel to the DC. Once Windows establishes this secure channel, Windows can log a user on. Under the covers, Windows uses the secure channel to negotiate the user logon.
In terms of managing AD, computer objects are similar to user objects, albeit with different properties. The cmdlets to manage AD computer objects are similar to those used to manage AD user accounts.
You created and configured SRV1, a workgroup computer, in the recipes in earlier chapters. In this recipe, you work with AD computers and add SRV1 to the Reskit.Org domain. For the remainder of the chapters in this...
