Active Directory Domain Services 2008 : Manage Active Directory Domain Services Data - Move User Object

Move User Object by Using the Windows Interface

To move a user object by using the Windows interface, perform the following steps:

Move User Object by Using the Command Line

To move a user object by using the command line, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller.
2.	Click Start, and click Command Prompt.
3.	In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and press Enter: Dsmove "CN=Jonathan Smith,CN=Users,DC=WS08DOMAIN01,DC=local" -newparent "OU=New York,DC=WS08DOMANI01,DC=local" (where "CN=Jonathan Smith,CN=Users,DC=WS08DOMAIN01,DC=local" is the distinguished name of the user and "OU=New York,DC=WS08DOMANI01,DC=local" is the location to which you want to move the user).
4.	Verify that the results of the dsmove command entered above returns dsmove succeeded, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Moving a user using the command line.