# Move computers to a different remote office

Moves one or more computers from their current remote office to a different remote office.

## Endpoint

`POST /dcapi/som/computers/moveRemoteOffice`

## Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/som/computers/moveRemoteOffice`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.SOM.CREATE`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** `string` — **Mandatory**  
  `application/computersToMoveRO.v1+json`
- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**  
  `application/computerMoveStatus.v1+json`

### Request Body

`application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **computerIDs** `JSON Array` — **Mandatory**  
    Array of computer resource IDs to move to the target remote office. Get resource IDs from [Get Computers](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/computers-getcomputers.html).
  - **remoteOfficeID** `string` — Optional  
    Identifier of the target remote office to move the computers into. Fetch available IDs from [Get Remote Offices](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/remoteoffices_getremoteoffice.html).

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/som/computers/moveRemoteOffice \
  --header 'Accept: application/computerMoveStatus.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/computersToMoveRO.v1+json' \
  --data '{"computerIDs":["4001","4002","4003","4004"]}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Move computers to a different remote office

```json
{
  "computerIDs": [
    "4001",
    "4002",
    "4003",
    "4004"
  ],
  "remoteOfficeID": 501
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **status** `boolean`  
    Indicates whether the remote office move operation was accepted and initiated successfully.
  - **message** `string`  
    Status indicator for the move operation: 'YetToInstall' when the agent is not yet installed on the target, 'NSRequired' when Notification Service is required to complete the move.

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **statusCode** `string`  
    HTTP status code (400).
  - **errorCode** `string`  
    API-specific error code identifying the validation failure.
  - **message** `string`  
    Error message describing the validation failure.

### HTTP Code 401

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`  
    Unauthorized error code: credentials missing, expired, or invalid.
  - **errorMsg** `string`  
    Authentication failure reason.

### HTTP Code 404

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **statusCode** `string`  
    HTTP status code (404).
  - **errorCode** `string`  
    Error code identifying the resource that was not found.
  - **message** `string`  
    Error message describing the missing resource.

### HTTP Code 412

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **statusCode** `string`  
    HTTP status code (412).
  - **errorCode** `string`  
    Precondition failed error code identifying the business logic violation.
  - **message** `string`  
    Error message describing the precondition failed while processing request.

## Possible Response Codes

- `200` — HTTP code
- `400` — HTTP code
- `401` — HTTP code
- `404` — HTTP code
- `412` — HTTP code

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Move initiated

```json
{
  "message": "YetToInstall",
  "status": true
}
```

### HTTP 400

Missing or empty computerIDs in request

```json
{
  "errorCode": "20006",
  "message": "Resource IDs are not present in the request",
  "statusCode": 400
}
```

Another move operation is already in progress

```json
{
  "errorCode": "30041",
  "message": "Agent move operation is already running",
  "statusCode": 400
}
```

### HTTP 401

Custom group scope user is not allowed to move computers

```json
{
  "errorCode": "1001",
  "message": "Unauthorized",
  "statusCode": 401
}
```

### HTTP 404

Target remote office not found

```json
{
  "errorCode": "30028",
  "message": "Remote office not found",
  "statusCode": 404
}
```

### HTTP 412

Non-admin user cannot access the requested computers

```json
{
  "errorCode": "20005",
  "message": "Selected computers are not accessible",
  "statusCode": 412
}
```

Some computers are not managed by the server

```json
{
  "errorCode": "30007",
  "message": "All resources are not managed computers",
  "statusCode": 412
}
```

All agents are already in the target remote office

```json
{
  "errorCode": "30040",
  "message": "All agents are already in the target remote office",
  "statusCode": 412
}
```

## Rate Limits

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.