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
Windows 8 / Windows 2012 R2
- Type computer at the Start screen
- Right-click Computer and click Properties
- In the Computer Name, Domain, and Workgroup Settings click Change settings
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.
- In the System Properties dialog box, select the Computer Name tab and click "Change"
- In the Computer Name Changes dialog box select Domain and enter the fully qualified domain name (ad.wisc.edu) in the text box
- Enter OU Owner/Admin credentials when prompted
- Click Ok when the "Welcome to the domain" message appears
- Reboot the computer