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Subject: Add to Active Directory
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12/10/2007 5:57 AM  

We have created a webpage on our intranet where you can fill out fields with Asset Tag, Computername, OU, Domain to join, Timezone etc. The Computername is the name under which the system will be put into Active Directory.

There is one thing though I am not able to create. In AD all our systems also have a description (i.e. Dell Optiplex ArthurH). And we still have to manually add that description after the image is applied with BDD2007. Now what I would like to have is an entry on the intranetpage where you can fill out the Computer Description (just like the Computername) and that that info is also brought into AD.

That way we are, again, skipping a manual action to be taken by our Helpdesk guys. Microsoft says it is not possible by design, but I find that hard to believe.

Anybody has ideas about this? Or even better, a solution?

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12/10/2007 3:54 PM  
I know when the gather script runs it pulls the make, model and all that great stuff. I used      %make%-%serialnumber% to name our PCs automatically. You may be able to use that info.
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12/10/2007 7:43 PM  
If I was doing it this is what I'd do:

1. Create a script and a task in the PreInstall section to save the "description" as a file on the target hard disk. This is because you don't really have access to the SQL server during the State Restore section

2. Create a script and a task in State Restore to:
Read in the Description from a file
Connect to AD
Find it's computer object
Update the description field

These are many examples in how to do this on google/technet etc.

Downsides with this technique are:
* Requires a saved password and account to connect to AD although this can be easily secured against malicous use.
* If you create images for multiple domains you'll need a script per AD naming context. Unless you make it flexible enough to find the domain name using other methods

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