How to Add a Computer to Active Directory. Adding a computer to Active Directory is straightforward. In most cases, all you need to do is join the workstation to your Windows domain and reboot it ...

This may be obvious, but you also must have a domain account with rights to add a computer to the domain. With the requirements out of the way, let's start with some preparatory, one-time work you'll ...

Organizations with an AD infrastructure in place that wish to provision Linux computers can bind those devices to their existing domain.

Add to domain<BR><BR>Note: If you are keeping the same IP, you'll have to remove the computer from the domain in order to avoid IP conflicts in you DCs.

Windows 8 will now allow domain users to use PIN sign-in on a domain. If you are not using Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise you will not have access to the Group Policy Editor.