Join Windows Server 2012 R2 Core to a Domain

Join Server 2012 R2 Core to your Domain

If you are using Server 2012 R2 Core and you wish to join it to the domain, then you can use this simple Powershell command to do it. Add-Computer -DomainName YOURDOMAIN.COM -Credentials DOMAINUSERNAME -Restart Note that the -Restart command at the end will automatically restart your server once it has completed the joining process. Also […]

By Andrew Armstrong • 1 min read

If you are using Server 2012 R2 Core and you wish to join it to the domain, then you can use this simple Powershell command to do it.

Add-Computer -DomainName YOURDOMAIN.COM -Credentials DOMAINUSERNAME -Restart

Note that the -Restart command at the end will automatically restart your server once it has completed the joining process. Also be aware that you should change YOURDOMAIN.COM to the domain name that you are trying to join and also change DOMAINUSERNAME to domain admin credentials for the domain you are joining.

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Andrew Armstrong

Andrew Armstrong is a UK-based IT professional with 26+ years of hands-on experience in Windows, Windows Server, SCCM/ConfigMgr, Active Directory, PowerShell, and enterprise infrastructure.

He founded TechyGeeksHome in 2010 and has published over 1,500 practical guides covering real-world IT problems and solutions. When not solving IT problems,

Andrew develops free Windows utilities including Ultimate Settings Panel, which has been downloaded over 850,000 times.

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