The DSMOVE command is one of the Active Directory command-line tools.
When you type dsmove /?, you receive:
Description: This command moves or renames an object within the directory.
Syntax: dsmove <ObjectDN>
\[-newparent <ParentDN>\]
\[-newname <NewName>\]
\[\{-s <Server> | -d <Domain>\}\]
\[-u <UserName>\]
\[-p \{<Password> | *\}\]
\[-q\]
\[\{-uc | -uco | -uci\}\]
Parameters:
Value Description
<ObjectDN> Required/stdin. Distinguished name (DN)
of object to move or rename.
If this parameter is omitted it
will be taken from standard input (stdin).
-newparent <ParentDN> DN of the new parent location to which object
should be moved.
-newname <NewName> New relative distinguished name (RDN) value
to which object should be renamed.
\{-s <Server> | -d <Domain>\}
-s <Server> connects to the domain controller (DC)
with name <Server>.
-d <Domain> connects to a DC in domain <Domain>.
Default: a DC in the logon domain.
-u <UserName> Connect as <UserName>. Default: the logged in user.
User name can be: user name, domain\user name,
or user principal name (UPN).
-p <Password> Password for the user <UserName>.
If * is used, then the command prompts for a
password.
-q Quiet mode: suppress all output to standard output.
\{-uc | -uco | -uci\} -uc Specifies that input from or output to pipe is
formatted in Unicode.
-uco Specifies that output to pipe or file is
formatted in Unicode.
-uci Specifies that input from pipe or file is
formatted in Unicode.
Remarks:
If a value that you supply contains spaces, use quotation marks
around the text (for example, "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=microsoft,DC=com").
If you enter multiple values, the values must be separated by spaces
(for example, a list of distinguished names).
Commas that are not used as separators in distinguished names must be escaped with the backslash ("\") character (for example, "CN=Company\, Inc.,CN=Users,DC=microsoft,DC=com"). Backslashes used in distinguished names must be escaped with a backslash (for example,
"CN=Sales\\ Latin America,OU=Distribution Lists,DC=microsoft,DC=com").
Examples:
The user object for the user Jane Doe can be renamed to Jane Jones
with the following command:
dsmove "cn=Jane Doe,ou=sales,dc=microsoft,dc=com" -newname "Jane Jones"
The same user can be moved from the Sales organization to the Marketing organization with the following command:
dsmove "cn=Jane Doe,ou=sales,dc=microsoft,dc=com"
-newparent ou=Marketing,dc=microsoft,dc=com
The rename and move operations for the user can be combined with the following command:
dsmove "cn=Jane Doe,ou=sales,dc=microsoft,dc=com"
-newparent ou=Marketing,dc=microsoft,dc=com -newname "Jane Jones"
