Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers
Computer objects in Active Directory represent actual devices. When you join a device to an Active Directory domain, it shows up in the database. From there, you can manage it using Active Directory and Group Policy. Joining a computer to the domain can be done in several ways, and it's good to keep certain scenarios at the back of your mind when working with computer objects, such as the integrity of the secure channel and the default ability of any Active Directory user to join devices to the domain.
The following recipes are covered in the chapter:
- Creating a computer
- Deleting a computer
- Joining a computer to the domain
- Renaming a computer
- Testing the secure channel for a computer
- Resetting a computer's secure channel
- Changing the default quota for creating computer objects
