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Active Directory with PowerShell

Name: Active Directory with PowerShell
ISBN: 9781782175995

by Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

January 2015

Intermediate to advanced

230 pages

5h 4m

English

Packt Publishing

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Active Directory with PowerShell
Table of Contents
Active Directory with PowerShell
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for

Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example codeErrataPiracyQuestions
1. Let's Get Started
Ways to automate Active Directory operationsThe Microsoft Active Directory moduleInstalling Active DirectoryInstalling the Remote Server Administration Tool kitInstalling the Active Directory moduleTesting the functionalityQuest Active Directory PowerShell cmdletsInstalling QuestTesting the functionalityUsing the Native method of PowerShell
Summary
2. Managing User and Computer Objects
Managing user accountsCreating user accountsCreating bulk user accounts
Modifying user properties
Updating the description of a user objectUpdating the telephone numbers of multiple usersEnabling or disabling user accountsMoving user accounts to another OU
Deleting user accounts
Managing computer accounts
Creating computer accountsModifying computer accountsSetting the description for a computer accountMoving computer accounts to a different OUEnabling or disabling computer accounts
Deleting computer accounts
Summary
3. Working with Active Directory Groups and Memberships
Creating different types of security groups
Searching and modifying group object information
Adding members to a group
Adding user accounts to groupsAdding computer accounts to groupsAdding one group as a member to an other
Listing members of a security group in Active Directory
Removing members from an AD group
Deleting a security group
Summary
4. Configuring Group Policies
Installing the Group Policy module
Querying Group Policies
Creating and linking Group Policies
Working with links, enforcements, and order of GPOs
Working with Group Policy permissions
Querying GPO permissionsModifying GPO permissions
Updating Group Policy and generating Resultant Set of Policy
Remotely triggering Group Policy updateCollecting RSOP data remotely
Removing Group Policy links and objects
Summary
5. Managing Domains, Organizational Units, Sites, and Subnets
Managing domainsQuerying forest and domain detailsQuerying domain controller detailsQuerying flexible single-master operation role owners
Managing Organizational Units
Searching for OUsCreating OUsModifying OUsRenaming, moving, and deleting OUs
Managing sites and subnets
Querying sites and subnetsCreating and modifying sitesCreating and modifying subnetsRemoving sites and subnets
Summary
6. Advanced AD Operations Using PowerShell
Installing a new domain
Adding additional domain controllers
Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies
Transferring FSMO roles
Restoring deleted objects
Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
Summary
7. Managing DFS-N and DFS-R Using PowerShell
Installing DFS rolesInstalling the DFS-N roleInstalling the DFS-R role
Managing DFS-N
Querying DFS namespacesQuerying DFS-N folders and targetsCreating the DFS-N root and foldersAdding and removing folder targets
Managing DFS-R
Querying DFS-R groups and settingsCreating a DFS-R groupDeleting a DFS-R group
Summary
8. Managing Active Directory DNS Using PowerShell
Installing and configuring a DNS serverInstalling a DNS serverConfiguring the DNS serverChanging the listening IP addressEnabling or disabling recursion
Working with root hints and forwarders
Conditional forwarders
Managing DNS zones
Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
Managing A records and PTR recordsManaging CNAME records
Managing DNS Clients
Summary
9. Miscellaneous Scripts and Resources for Further Learning
Checking whether a user, group, computer, or an OU existsUsage
Getting membership of a user, computer, and group
Usage
Resetting the password for multiple user accounts
Usage
Bulk creation of user accounts
Usage
Getting the password expiry date of user accounts
Usage
Finding all the disabled user accounts
Output
Getting all domain controllers and their site names in the forest
Usage
Moving objects from one OU to another
Usage
Finding inactive computers in Active Directory
Usage
Creating groups in bulk
Usage
Exporting an AD group member's details to CSV
Usage
Finding empty groups in Active Directory
Usage
Verifying whether a user is a member of the given group or not
Usage
Comparing AD groups' membership
Usage
Resources for further learning
PowerShell resourcesActive Directory resources
Index

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Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies

Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP) was introduced with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory to facilitate multiple password policies in domains. Until this was introduced, whichever password policy was set in the default domain controller was to be applied for all domain user accounts, without any exceptions or customization options. If any category of people in a domain wished to tighten or relax password policies, then they needed to be moved to a separate domain because of the limitation with password policies. The introduction of fine-grained policies helped in such situations. This new feature allows creation of separate password policies for a list of users or groups without moving them to different ...

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