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Active Directory with PowerShell

By : Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
5 (1)
Book Image

Active Directory with PowerShell

5 (1)
By: Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

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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Index

Installing the Group Policy module

Let's see how to install the GPMC console in Windows Server 2008 R2, which includes the Group Policy PowerShell module as well.

Like any other Windows feature, Group Policy Management can be installed from Server Manager using the Add Features Wizard. Select the Group Policy Management option, as shown in the following screenshot, to install the Group Policy Management console as well as the Group Policy PowerShell module. Select the aforementioned option and click Next in the wizard to complete the installation.

Similarly, the console can be installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 and it works in a similar way. From Server Manager, you need to add the Group Policy Management option to install this feature as shown in the following screenshot:

Installing the Group Policy module

Group Policy Management feature can be installed using PowerShell as well. To check the current status of this feature installation, try the following command in the PowerShell window:

Get-WindowsFeature -Name GPMC...