Q: How can I configure where Windows
Deployment Services creates
computer objects?
A: By default, Windows Deployment
Services creates computer
objects in the default Computers
container for the domain. However,
you can configure Windows Deployment Services to create objects in an alternate location by using
the Wdsutil command with the
/NewMachineOU switch. The
command gives you several
configuration options, including
the option to create the computer
object in the Windows
Deployment Services domain, in
the user’s domain, in the same
organizational unit (OU) as the
user, or in a custom OU location.
For example, to create computer
objects in a custom OU (e.g.,
AutoComp in the savilltech.net
domain), you would use the following
command:
C:\Users\Administrator.
SAVILLTECH>wdsutil /setserver
/newmachineou /type:
custom /ou:ou=AutoComp,dc=sav
illtech,dc=net
—John Savill