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Domain Join

Summary

This document describes how to join a non-domain joined computer to a domain. The machine will be forcefully rebooted if required. It covers the CW RMM implementation of the agnostic script Join-Domain.

Sample Run

Sample Run 1
Sample Run 2
Sample Run 3

Dependencies

User Parameters

NameExampleRequiredTypeDescription
DomainNameProValDev.localTrueText StringThe name of the domain to join.
DomainAdminAdministratorTrueText StringUsername of a domain administrator.
Password"QWfqw2%R@@$@FQW:RVV!'qwdwq"TrueText StringPassword of the domain administrator.

User Parameters

Task Creation

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this task.
Task Creation Step 1
Task Creation Step 2

Name: Domain Join
Description: Joins a non-domain joined computer to a domain. The machine will be forcefully rebooted if required.
Category: Management
Task Creation Step 3

Parameters

DomainName

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.
Add Parameter Step 1

This screen will appear.
Add Parameter Step 2

  • Set DomainName in the Parameter Name field.
  • Enable the Required Field button.
  • Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
  • Click the Save button.

Add Parameter Step 3

DomainAdmin

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.
Add Parameter Step 1

This screen will appear.
Add Parameter Step 2

  • Set DomainAdmin in the Parameter Name field.
  • Enable the Required Field button.
  • Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
  • Click the Save button.

Add Parameter Step 3

Password

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.
Add Parameter Step 1

This screen will appear.
Add Parameter Step 2

  • Set Password in the Parameter Name field.
  • Enable the Required Field button.
  • Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
  • Click the Save button.

Add Parameter Step 3

Task

Navigate to the Script Editor section and start by adding a row. You can do this by clicking the Add Row button at the bottom of the script page.
Add Row

A blank function will appear.
Blank Function

Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.
PowerShell Function Step 1
PowerShell Function Step 2

The following function will pop up on the screen:
PowerShell Function

Paste in the following PowerShell script and set the Expected time of script execution in seconds to 600 seconds. Click the Save button.

[Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText', '')]
[CmdletBinding()]
Param()
#region parameters
$DomainName = '@DomainName@'
$Admin = '@DomainAdmin@'
$password = @'
@Password@
'@
if ( ($DomainName -match '\SDomainName\S') -or ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($DomainName)) ) {
throw 'Invalid domain name. Please provide a valid domain name.'
}
if ( ($Admin -match '\SDomainAdmin\S') -or ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Admin)) ) {
throw 'Invalid domain admin account. Please provide a valid domain admin account.'
}
if ( ($password -match '\SPassword\S') -or ([String]::IsNullOrWhite($password)) ) {
throw 'Invalid password. Please provide a valid password.'
}
$securePwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object -TypeName pscredential -ArgumentList $Admin, $securePwd
$Parameters = @{
DomainName = $DomainName
Credential = $credential
}
#endregion
#region Setup - Variables
$ProjectName = 'Invoke-OfficeScrub'
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [enum]::ToObject([Net.SecurityProtocolType], 3072)
$BaseURL = 'https://file.provaltech.com/repo'
$PS1URL = "$BaseURL/script/$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingDirectory = "C:\ProgramData\_automation\script\$ProjectName"
$PS1Path = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingPath = $WorkingDirectory
$LogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-log.txt"
$ErrorLogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-Error.txt"
#endregion
#region Setup - Folder Structure
New-Item -Path $WorkingDirectory -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $PS1URL -UseBasicParsing
if (($response.StatusCode -ne 200) -and (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path))) {
throw "No pre-downloaded script exists and the script '$PS1URL' failed to download. Exiting."
} elseif ($response.StatusCode -eq 200) {
Remove-Item -Path $PS1Path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($PS1Path, $response.Content)
}
if (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path)) {
throw 'An error occurred and the script was unable to be downloaded. Exiting.'
}
#endregion
#region Execution
if ($Parameters) {
& $PS1Path @Parameters
} else {
& $PS1Path
}
#endregion
#region log verification
if ( !(Test-Path $LogPath) ) {
throw 'PowerShell Failure. A Security application seems to have restricted the execution of the PowerShell Script.'
}
if ( Test-Path $ErrorLogPath ) {
$ErrorContent = ( Get-Content -Path $ErrorLogPath )
throw $ErrorContent
}
Get-Content -Path $LogPath
#endregion

PowerShell Script Completion

Row 2 Function: Script Log

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.
Add Row Step 2

A blank function will appear.
Blank Function Step 2

Search and select the Script Log function.
Script Log Function

The following function will pop up on the screen:
Script Log Function Popup

In the script log message, simply type %Output% and click the Save button.
Script Log Save

Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.
Script Save

Completed Script

Completed Script

Output

  • Script log