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Active Directory with PowerShell

Active Directory with PowerShell

By : Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
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Active Directory with PowerShell

Active Directory with PowerShell

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By: Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
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Overview of this book

If you are looking to automate repetitive tasks in Active Directory management using the PowerShell module, then this book is for you. Any experience in PowerShell would be an added advantage.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Let's Get Started
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1. Let's Get Started
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Ways to automate Active Directory operations
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Summary
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2. Managing User and Computer Objects
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2. Managing User and Computer Objects
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Managing user accounts
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Modifying user properties
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Deleting user accounts
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Managing computer accounts
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Deleting computer accounts
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3. Working with Active Directory Groups and Memberships
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3. Working with Active Directory Groups and Memberships
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Creating different types of security groups
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Searching and modifying group object information
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Adding members to a group
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Listing members of a security group in Active Directory
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Removing members from an AD group
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Deleting a security group
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4. Configuring Group Policies
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4. Configuring Group Policies
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Installing the Group Policy module
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Querying Group Policies
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Creating and linking Group Policies
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Working with links, enforcements, and order of GPOs
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Working with Group Policy permissions
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Updating Group Policy and generating Resultant Set of Policy
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Removing Group Policy links and objects
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5. Managing Domains, Organizational Units, Sites, and Subnets
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5. Managing Domains, Organizational Units, Sites, and Subnets
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Managing domains
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Managing Organizational Units
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Managing sites and subnets
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6. Advanced AD Operations Using PowerShell
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6. Advanced AD Operations Using PowerShell
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Installing a new domain
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Adding additional domain controllers
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Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
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Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies
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Transferring FSMO roles
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Restoring deleted objects
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Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
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7. Managing DFS-N and DFS-R Using PowerShell
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7. Managing DFS-N and DFS-R Using PowerShell
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Installing DFS roles
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Managing DFS-N
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Managing DFS-R
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8. Managing Active Directory DNS Using PowerShell
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8. Managing Active Directory DNS Using PowerShell
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Installing and configuring a DNS server
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Working with root hints and forwarders
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Managing DNS zones
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Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
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Managing DNS Clients
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9. Miscellaneous Scripts and Resources for Further Learning
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9. Miscellaneous Scripts and Resources for Further Learning
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Checking whether a user, group, computer, or an OU exists
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Getting membership of a user, computer, and group
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Resetting the password for multiple user accounts
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Bulk creation of user accounts
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Getting the password expiry date of user accounts
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Finding all the disabled user accounts
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Getting all domain controllers and their site names in the forest
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Moving objects from one OU to another
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Finding inactive computers in Active Directory
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Creating groups in bulk
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Exporting an AD group member's details to CSV
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Finding empty groups in Active Directory
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Verifying whether a user is a member of the given group or not
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Comparing AD groups' membership
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Resources for further learning
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Modifying user properties

In the previous section, we have seen how to create user accounts using Active Directory PowerShell module. The task of the system administrator will not end by just creating user objects in Active Directory; he/she will also be responsible for modifying and managing them. This section will help you understand the process involved in modifying user accounts using PowerShell.

Since modifying user accounts has a very big scope, we will discuss a few example cases where a bulk user modification is required. These examples will help you understand the modification process. You can leverage these examples to modify any other attributes in Active Directory:

  • Updating the description of a user object
  • Updating the telephone number of multiple users
  • Enabling or disabling user accounts in bulk
  • Moving user accounts to another OU

Before jumping on to modifying user properties, let's brush up on the basics basics. To update the description of a user account, you will typically...

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