Campus Active Directory - Join Windows Computer to Active Directory

How to join supported Microsoft Windows computers to the campus domain.

- Log on with a user that is a member of the local administrators group.

Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2

- Click the Start button and click Control Panel

- Click System and Maintenance

- In the Computer Name, Domain, and Workgroup Settings click Change settings

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Windows 8 / Windows 2012 R2

- Type computer at the Start screen

Start

- Right-click Computer and click Properties

- In the Computer Name, Domain, and Workgroup Settings click Change settings

System


Windows 10

- From the Desktop, type System in the Search Windows box in the taskbar.

- In the System windows that appears, click on Change settings under the Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings area.

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- In the System Properties dialog box, select the Computer Name tab and click "Change"

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- In the Computer Name Changes dialog box select Domain and enter the fully qualified domain name (ad.wisc.edu) in the text box

Computer Name

- Enter OU Owner/Admin credentials when prompted

- Click Ok when the "Welcome to the domain" message appears

- Reboot the computer