Set-ADXComputer

Namespace ADPlayground.PowerShell

Outputs

ADPlayground.DirectoryMutationResult

Updates a single Active Directory computer with typed parameters and custom attribute support.

Examples

Authored help example

Example 1: Update description, ownership, and location for a production server


Set-ADXComputer -Identity 'srv-app-17$' -Domain 'contoso.com' -Description 'Payroll API node 17' -ManagedBy 'CN=Server Provisioning,OU=Groups,DC=contoso,DC=com' -Location 'Warsaw DC' -Office 'DC1' -WhatIf

Example 2: Stamp custom attributes and disable a decommissioned host


Set-ADXComputer -Identity 'srv-rds-05$' -Domain 'contoso.com' -Enabled $false -Attribute @{ extensionAttribute1 = 'Retired'; extensionAttribute10 = '2026-04 wave' } -ClearAttribute managedBy

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Syntax

Set-ADXComputer -Identity <string> [-Attribute <Hashtable>] [-ClearAttribute <string[]>] [-Description <string>] [-DisplayName <string>] [-DnsHostName <string>] [-Domain <string>] [-Enabled <bool>] [-Location <string>] [-Mail <string>] [-ManagedBy <string>] [-Office <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

Identity string requiredposition: 0pipeline: falsealiases: CommonName, DistinguishedName, DN, Name, SamAccountName: Gets or sets computer identity (sAMAccountName, DN, or name). DnsHostName is intentionally excluded to avoid collision with the dedicated update parameter.
Attribute Hashtable optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets arbitrary custom attributes to write.
ClearAttribute string[] optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets attributes to clear.
Description string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets description.
DisplayName string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets displayName.
DnsHostName string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets dNSHostName.
Domain string optionalposition: namedpipeline: falsealiases: DomainName: Gets or sets the optional domain DNS name.
Enabled bool optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets enabled state.
Location string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets location.
Mail string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets mail.
ManagedBy string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets managedBy.
Office string optionalposition: namedpipeline: false: Gets or sets office (physicalDeliveryOfficeName).

Outputs

ADPlayground.DirectoryMutationResult