Would you like to learn how to change the value of the Active Directory’s attribute named MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to change the value of MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota on the Active Directory.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
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Tutorial Windows – Change the value of MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota
By default, each authenticated user is allowed to add 10 computers to the domain.
This limitation is imposed by the Active Directory attribute named MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota.
As an Administrator, start an elevated Powershell command-line.
Verify the value of the attribute named MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota.
Here is the command output.
Change the value of the Active Directory’s attribute named MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota.
Display the value of the attribute named MS-DS-MachineAccountQuota.
Here is the command output.
In our example, each authenticated user account will be able to add 100 computers to the domain.
