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August 21, 2026

Managing Domain-Joined Machines for Machine Credential Pairing

Querying Machine Pairing Status

You can use the vdmadmin command with the -M option to query for paired and unpaired machines.

Examples

Display a list of all paired machines.

vdmadmin -M -paired

Display a list of all machines that are ready to pair.

vdmadmin -M -unpaired

Registering a Machine

Use the vdmadmin command with the -M option to register a machine so that it is ready to pair using machine credential pairing. The same switch can also be used to unregister a machine for machine credential pairing.

Examples

Register a machine for machine credential pairing by computer name.

vdmadmin -M -register -add -computer DOMAIN\computerName

Unregister a machine for machine credential pairing by computer name.

vdmadmin -M -register -remove -computer DOMAIN\computerName

Unregister a machine for machine credential pairing by machine name.

vdmadmin -M -register -remove -machine computername.domain.com

Register Connection Server SPN

Register the connection server SPN in active directory.

Example

vdmadmin -S -register

Extended Help

For more detailed help information, use the following command:

vdmadmin -M -help

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