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Martin Hope
Christopher_G_Lewis
Asked: 2014-08-22 22:38:12 +0800 CST
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I'm trying to use the New-ADComputer -ServicePrincipalNames parameter with no success.

$comp = New-ADComputer -passthru -name "server1" -path  "ou=Org2,ou=Org1,dc=mydomain,dc=com" -DNSHostName "server1.mydomain.com"  -serviceprincipalnames @{add="HOST\server1","HOST\server1.mydomain.com"}

but this results in this error:

New-ADComputer : The name reference is invalid
At line:1 char:10
+ $comp1 = New-ADComputer -name "server1" -path  "ou=Org2,ou=Org1,dc=mydomain,dc=com...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (CN=server1,ou=Org2,ou=Org1,dc=mydomain,dc=com:String) [New-ADComputer], ADException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : The name reference is invalid,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.NewADComputer

If I remove the -serviceprincipalnames parameter and use it like this:

$comp = New-ADComputer -passthru -name "server1" -path  "ou=Org2,ou=Org1,dc=mydomain,dc=com" -DNSHostName "server1.mydomain.com" 

$comp.serviceprincipalname.add("HOST\server1")
$comp.serviceprincipalname.add("HOST\server1.mydomain.com")

Set-ADComputer -Instance $comp

it works fine, but this results in a two step process.

I don't want to use the two step process (due to issues with multiple DCs and object replication) so am looking to figure out why this isn't working with the New-ADComputer command.

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