Modifying computer accounts

The following code sample modifies the Description property of a computer account.

ADSI

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")

# Connect to the Adaxes service
$ns = New-Object "Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace"
$service = $ns.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")

# Bind to the computer
$computerDN = "CN=MYCOMPUTER,CN=Computers,DC=domain,DC=com"
$computer = $service.OpenObject("Adaxes://$computerDN", $null, $null, 0)

# Update the computer
$computer.Put("description", "My Computer")
$computer.SetInfo()

PowerShell

Import-Module Adaxes  

$identity = "MYCOMPUTER$" # sAMAccountName 
# $identity = "CN=MYCOMPUTER,CN=Computers,DC=domain,DC=com"  # DN 
# $identity = "{EB5FEB21-E648-42AD-B86C-89D3C6807953}" # GUID 
# $identity = "S-1-5-21-573937-2149998-410785" # SID

Set-AdmComputer -Identity $identity -Description "My Computer" `
    -Server "domain.com" -AdaxesService localhost

Modifying computer accounts

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