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New-Container

The New-Container commandlet creates a new organizational unit in Directory. You can also use it to create nested organizational units by repeatedly executing the commandlet and changing the value of the ParentContainer parameter.

Syntax​

New-Container
-ContainerName <string[]>
-OrganizationalUnit <string>
[-AccidentalDeletion]
[-IdentityStoreId <int>]
[-SecurityToken <CustomClaimsPrincipal>]
[-Credential <pscredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]

Required Parameters​

  • ContainerName
  • OrganizationalUnit

Example 1:

The following command creates the organizational unit Recruiting at the root level in Directory, using the credentials of current user logged-on to the identity store.

New-Container -OrganizationalUnit "DC=HR,DC=Imanami,DC=US" -ContainerName "Recruiting"

Example 2:

The following command creates the organizational unit Local Recruiting inside the Recruiting container in Directory using the credentials set in the $Credentials environment variable. See the Set the $Credentials Environment Variable topic for setting credentials.

New-Container - OrganizationalUnit "OU=Recruiting,DC=HR,DC=Imanami,DC=US" -ContainerName "Local Recruiting" -Credential $Cred