Index

A

• Active Directory
  • managing ways, using PowerShell / Ways to automate Active Directory operations
  • user accounts, managing / Managing user accounts
  • computer accounts, managing / Managing computer accounts
  • domains, managing / Managing domains
  • Organizational Units (OUs), managing / Managing Organizational Units
  • sites, managing / Managing sites and subnets
  • subnets, managing / Managing sites and subnets
  • replication status, obtaining / Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
• Active Directory, managing with PowerShell
  • Microsoft Active Directory module / The Microsoft Active Directory module
  • Quest Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets / Quest Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets
  • native method approach / Using the Native method of PowerShell
• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) / The Microsoft Active Directory module
• Active Directory installation
  • about / Installing Active Directory
  • Remote Server Administration Tool kit, installing / Installing the Remote Server Administration Tool kit
  • Active Directory module, installing / Installing the Active Directory module
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) / The Microsoft Active Directory module
• Active Directory operations
  • automating / Ways to automate Active Directory operations
• Active Directory resources
  • about / Active Directory resources
• Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) adapter
  • about / Searching for OUs
• Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) / The Microsoft Active Directory module
• ADAC
  • about / Creating user accounts
• Add-ADGroupMember cmdlet / Adding members to a group
  • about / Adding user accounts to groups
• Add-DnsServerConditionalForwarderZone cmdlet / Conditional forwarders
• Add-DnsServerForwarder cmdlet / Working with root hints and forwarders
• Add-DnsServerResourceRecord cmdlet / Managing A records and PTR records
• Add-DnsServerRoothint cmdlet / Working with root hints and forwarders
• Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet / Installing a DNS server
• additional domain controllers
  • adding / Adding additional domain controllers
• ADDSDeployment module / Installing a new domain
• AD group member's details
  • exporting, to CSV / Exporting an AD group member's details to CSV, Usage
• AD groups' membership
  • comparing / Comparing AD groups' membership, Usage
• ADUC
  • about / Creating user accounts, Creating OUs
• A records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • managing / Managing A records and PTR records

C

• Client Side Extensions (CSE) / Remotely triggering Group Policy update
• cmdlets
  • about / Testing the functionality
  • URL / Testing the functionality
• cmdlets, Group Policy module
  • New-GPO / Installing the Group Policy module
  • New-GPLink / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Remove-GPO / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Remove-GPLink / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Invoke-GPUpdate / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Get-GPO / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Get-GPOReport / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Get-GPPermission(s) / Installing the Group Policy module
  • Set-GPLink / Installing the Group Policy module
• CNAME records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • managing / Managing CNAME records
• computer accounts
  • managing / Managing computer accounts
  • creating / Creating computer accounts
  • modifying / Modifying computer accounts
  • description, setting / Setting the description for a computer account
  • moving, to another OU / Moving computer accounts to a different OU
  • enabling / Enabling or disabling computer accounts
  • disabling / Enabling or disabling computer accounts
  • deleting / Deleting computer accounts
  • adding, to security groups / Adding computer accounts to groups
• computer existence
  • checking / Checking whether a user, group, computer, or an OU exists
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) classes / Querying DFS namespaces
• computer membership
  • getting / Getting membership of a user, computer, and group
• conditional forwarders
  • configuring, in DNS / Conditional forwarders
• Configuration Naming Context (CNC) / Querying sites and subnets

D

• deleted objects
  • restoring / Restoring deleted objects
• DFS-N
  • installing / Installing the DFS-N role
  • managing / Managing DFS-N
  • namespaces, querying / Querying DFS namespaces
  • folders and targets, querying / Querying DFS-N folders and targets
  • root and folders, creating / Creating the DFS-N root and folders
  • folder targets, adding / Adding and removing folder targets
  • folder targets, removing / Adding and removing folder targets
• DFS-R
  • installing / Installing the DFS-R role
  • about / Managing DFS-R
  • managing / Managing DFS-R
  • groups and settings, querying / Querying DFS-R groups and settings
  • group, creating / Creating a DFS-R group
  • group, deleting / Deleting a DFS-R group
• DFS-R group
  • member servers / Managing DFS-R
  • connections / Managing DFS-R
  • replicated folders / Managing DFS-R
• DFS roles
  • installing / Installing DFS roles
  • DFS-N role, installing / Installing the DFS-N role
  • DFS-R role, installing / Installing the DFS-R role
• Directory Service Recovery Mode (DSRM)
  • about / Installing a new domain
• Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM)
  • about / Restoring deleted objects
• Disable-ADAccount cmdlet
  • about / Enabling or disabling user accounts
• disabled user accounts
  • finding / Finding all the disabled user accounts
• Distinguished Name (DN)
  • about / Searching for OUs
• DNS Clients
  • managing / Managing DNS Clients
• DNS records
  • creating / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • modifying / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • deleting / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • A record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • CNAME record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • NS record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • PTR record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • SOA record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • MX record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • SRV record / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
• DNS server
  • installing / Installing and configuring a DNS server, Installing a DNS server
  • configuring / Installing and configuring a DNS server, Configuring the DNS server
• DNS server configuration
  • about / Configuring the DNS server
  • listening IP address, changing / Changing the listening IP address
  • recursion, enabling / Enabling or disabling recursion
  • recursion, disabling / Enabling or disabling recursion
• DNS zones
  • managing / Managing DNS zones
  • primary zone / Managing DNS zones
  • secondary zone / Managing DNS zones
  • stub zone / Managing DNS zones
  • URL / Managing DNS zones
• domain controllers
  • demoting / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
• Domain Controllers (DCs)
  • about / Querying domain controller details
  • getting / Getting all domain controllers and their site names in the forest, Usage
• domains
  • managing / Managing domains
  • forest and domain details, querying / Querying forest and domain details
  • domain controller details, querying / Querying domain controller details
  • flexible single master operation role owners, querying / Querying flexible single-master operation role owners
  • removing / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains

E

• empty groups
  • finding / Finding empty groups in Active Directory, Usage
• Enable-ADAccount cmdlet
  • about / Enabling or disabling user accounts
• Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet / Restoring deleted objects

F

• Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP)
  • about / Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies
  • managing / Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies
• forwarders
  • about / Working with root hints and forwarders
• FSMO roles
  • transferring / Transferring FSMO roles

G

• Get-ADComputer cmdlet
  • about / Moving computer accounts to a different OU
• Get-ADComputer command
  • about / Setting the description for a computer account
• Get-ADDomain cmdlet
  • about / Querying Group Policies, Querying forest and domain details
• Get-ADDomainController cmdlet
  • about / Querying domain controller details
• Get-ADForest command
  • about / Querying forest and domain details
• Get-ADGroupMember cmdlet / Adding members to a group
  • about / Listing members of a security group in Active Directory
• Get-ADObject cmdlet
  • about / Querying sites and subnets
  / Restoring deleted objects
• Get-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet
  • about / Searching for OUs
• Get-ADReplicationAttributeMetadata cmdlet / Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
• Get-ADReplicationFailure cmdlet / Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
• Get-ADReplicationPartnerMetadata cmdlet / Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
• Get-ADReplicationQueueOperation cmdlet / Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
• Get-ADUser cmdlet / Restoring deleted objects
• Get-Command -Module DFSR cmdlet / Managing DFS-R
• Get-Command cmdlet / Installing Quest
• Get-Content cmdlet
  • about / Enabling or disabling user accounts
• Get-DfsnFolder cmdlet / Querying DFS-N folders and targets
• Get-DFSNFolderTarget cmdlet / Querying DFS-N folders and targets
• Get-DFSNRoot cmdlet / Querying DFS namespaces
• Get-DfsrConnection cmdlet / Querying DFS-R groups and settings
• Get-DfsReplicationGroup cmdlet / Querying DFS-R groups and settings
• Get-DFSReplicationGroup cmdlet / Querying DFS-R groups and settings
• Get-DnsServer cmdlet / Changing the listening IP address
• Get-DnsServerForwarder cmdlet / Working with root hints and forwarders
• Get-DnsServerRecursion cmdlet
  • about / Enabling or disabling recursion
• Get-DnsServerResourceRecord cmdlet / Managing A records and PTR records
• Get-DnsServerRootHint cmdlet / Working with root hints and forwarders
• Get-DnsServerSetting cmdlet / Changing the listening IP address
• Get-DnsServerZone cmdlet / Managing DNS zones
• Get-FSMORoles command
  • about / Querying flexible single-master operation role owners
• Get-GPOLinkStatus command / Working with links, enforcements, and order of GPOs
• Get-GPPermission cmdlet
  • about / Working with Group Policy permissions
• Get-GPResultantSetOfPolicy cmdlet / Collecting RSOP data remotely
• Get-Help cmdlet
  • about / Creating user accounts
• Get-QADRootDSE cmdlet / Testing the functionality
• Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet
  • about / Installing the Group Policy module
  / Installing DFS roles
• Global Address List/Book (GAL)
  • about / Deleting user accounts
• Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)
  • about / Querying sites and subnets
• Global Unique Identifier (GUID) / Querying Group Policies
• GPMC console
  • installing / Installing the Group Policy module
• GPO permissions
  • querying / Querying GPO permissions
  • modifying / Modifying GPO permissions
• GPOs
  • Link Enable status / Working with links, enforcements, and order of GPOs
  • enforcement status / Working with links, enforcements, and order of GPOs
  • link order / Working with links, enforcements, and order of GPOs
• Graphical User Interface (GUI) tools
  • Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) / Creating user accounts
  • Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) / Creating user accounts
• group existence
  • checking / Checking whether a user, group, computer, or an OU exists
• group membership
  • getting / Getting membership of a user, computer, and group
• group object information
  • searching / Searching and modifying group object information
  • modifying / Searching and modifying group object information
• Group Policies
  • querying / Querying Group Policies
  • creating / Creating and linking Group Policies
  • linking / Creating and linking Group Policies
  • updating / Updating Group Policy and generating Resultant Set of Policy
  • links, removing / Removing Group Policy links and objects
  • objects, removing / Removing Group Policy links and objects
• Group Policy module
  • installing / Installing the Group Policy module
  • cmdlets / Installing the Group Policy module
• Group Policy permissions
  • working with / Working with Group Policy permissions
  • GPO permissions, querying / Querying GPO permissions
  • GPO permissions, modifying / Modifying GPO permissions
• Group Policy update
  • triggering remotely / Remotely triggering Group Policy update
  • RSOP data, collecting remotely / Collecting RSOP data remotely
• groups
  • creating in bulk / Creating groups in bulk, Usage

I

• Import-DnsServerRootHint cmdlet / Working with root hints and forwarders
• inactive computers
  • finding / Finding inactive computers in Active Directory, Usage
• Install-ADDSDomain cmdlet / Adding additional domain controllers
• Install-ADDSDomainController cmdlet / Adding additional domain controllers
• Install-ADForest cmdlet / Installing a new domain, Adding additional domain controllers
• Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet / Installing a new domain, Installing DFS roles
• Inter-Site Topology Generator (ISTG)
  • about / Creating and modifying sites
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
  • about / Working with root hints and forwarders
  • URL / Working with root hints and forwarders
• Invoke-GPUpdate cmdlet / Remotely triggering Group Policy update

L

• LastDomainControllerInDomain parameter / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
• LocalAdministratorPassword parameter / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains

M

• Measure-Object cmdlet
  • about / Listing members of a security group in Active Directory
• members, security groups
  • listing / Listing members of a security group in Active Directory
  • removing / Removing members from an AD group
• Microsoft Active Directory module
  • about / The Microsoft Active Directory module
  • Active Directory, installing / Installing Active Directory
  • functionality, testing / Testing the functionality
• MIcrosoft Management Console (MMC)
  • about / Creating OUs
• Move-ADObject cmdlet
  • about / Moving user accounts to another OU, Moving computer accounts to a different OU, Renaming, moving, and deleting OUs
  • Identity parameter / Moving user accounts to another OU
  • TargetPath parameter / Moving user accounts to another OU
• MX records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records

N

• native method approach, PowerShell
  • using / Using the Native method of PowerShell
• New-ADComputer cmdlet
  • about / Creating computer accounts
• New-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet
  • about / Creating OUs
• New-ADReplicationSite cmdlet
  • about / Creating and modifying sites
• New-ADReplicationSubnet cmdlet
  • about / Creating and modifying subnets
• New-DFSNFolder cmdlet / Creating the DFS-N root and folders
• New-DfsnFolderTarget cmdlet / Adding and removing folder targets
• New-DFSNRoot cmdlet / Creating the DFS-N root and folders
• New-DfsReplicationGroup cmdlet / Creating a DFS-R group
• New-GPLink cmdlet / Creating and linking Group Policies
• New-GPO cmdlet / Creating and linking Group Policies
• new domain
  • installing / Installing a new domain
  • domain FQDN and NetBIOS name / Installing a new domain
  • domain mode and forest mode / Installing a new domain
  • database path / Installing a new domain
  • logs path / Installing a new domain
  • SYSVOL path / Installing a new domain
  • Safe mode Admin Password / Installing a new domain
• NS records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records

O

• objects
  • moving, from one OU to another / Moving objects from one OU to another, Usage
• Organizational Units (OUs)
  • managing / Managing Organizational Units
  • searching for / Searching for OUs
  • creating / Creating OUs
  • modifying / Modifying OUs
  • renaming / Renaming, moving, and deleting OUs
  • moving / Renaming, moving, and deleting OUs
  • deleting / Renaming, moving, and deleting OUs
• OU existence
  • checking / Checking whether a user, group, computer, or an OU exists

P

• password
  • resetting, for multiple user accounts / Resetting the password for multiple user accounts
• Password Settings Objects (PSO)
  • about / Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies
• Policy Settings Container (PSC)
  • about / Managing Fine-Grained Password Policies
• PowerShell resources
  • about / PowerShell resources
• Primary Domain Controller (PDC) emulator / Querying Group Policies
• primary zone, DNS zones
  • about / Managing DNS zones
• PTR records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
  • managing / Managing A records and PTR records

Q

• Quest
  • about / Installing Quest
  • installing / Installing Quest
• Quest Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets
  • about / Quest Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets
  • Quest, installing / Installing Quest
  • functionality, testing / Testing the functionality
• Quest AD module
  • about / Quest Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets
• Quest AD Snap-in / Installing Quest

R

• Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
  • about / Querying domain controller details
• recursion
  • about / Enabling or disabling recursion
  • enabling / Enabling or disabling recursion
  • disabling / Enabling or disabling recursion
• Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) / The Microsoft Active Directory module
• Remove-ADComputer cmdlet
  • about / Deleting computer accounts
• Remove-ADGroup cmdlet / Deleting a security group
• Remove-ADGroupMember cmdlet
  • about / Removing members from an AD group
• Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet
  • about / Renaming, moving, and deleting OUs
• Remove-ADReplicationSite cmdlet
  • about / Removing sites and subnets
• Remove-ADReplicationSubnet cmdlet
  • about / Removing sites and subnets
• Remove-ADUser cmdlet
  • about / Deleting user accounts
• Remove-DfsnFolderTarget cmdlet / Adding and removing folder targets
• Remove-DfsReplicationGroup cmdlet / Deleting a DFS-R group
• Remove-DnsServerForwarder cmdlet / Working with root hints and forwarders
• Remove-DnsServerResourceRecord cmdlet / Managing A records and PTR records
• Remove-GPLink cmdlet / Removing Group Policy links and objects
• Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlet / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
• Rename-ADObject cmdlet
  • about / Renaming, moving, and deleting OUs
• replication status, Active Directory
  • obtaining / Obtaining an Active Directory replication status
• Resolve-Dnsname cmdlet / Managing DNS Clients
• Resolve-DnsName cmdlet / Managing A records and PTR records, Managing CNAME records
• resources
  • PowerShell resources / PowerShell resources
  • Active Directory resources / Active Directory resources
• Restore-ADObject cmdlet / Restoring deleted objects
• Resultant Set Of Policies (RSOP) data
  • collecting remotely / Collecting RSOP data remotely
• root hints
  • about / Working with root hints and forwarders
  • configuring, in DNS / Working with root hints and forwarders
  • configuring / Working with root hints and forwarders
• root hint servers
  • URL / Working with root hints and forwarders
• RSAT
  • installing / Installing the Remote Server Administration Tool kit

S

• Search-ADAccount cmdlet
  • about / Moving computer accounts to a different OU
• secondary zone, DNS zones
  • about / Managing DNS zones
• security groups
  • different types, creating / Creating different types of security groups
  • group object information, searching / Searching and modifying group object information
  • group object information, modifying / Searching and modifying group object information
  • members, adding / Adding members to a group
  • user accounts, adding / Adding user accounts to groups
  • computer accounts, adding / Adding computer accounts to groups
  • group, adding as member to other / Adding one group as a member to an other
  • members, listing / Listing members of a security group in Active Directory
  • members, removing / Removing members from an AD group
  • deleting / Deleting a security group
• Set-ADComputer cmdlet
  • about / Setting the description for a computer account
• Set-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet
  • about / Modifying OUs
• Set-ADReplicationSite cmdlet
  • about / Creating and modifying sites
• Set-ADReplicationSubnet cmdlet
  • about / Creating and modifying subnets
• Set-DfsrMembership cmdlet / Creating a DFS-R group
• Set-DnsServerPrimayZone cmdlet / Managing DNS zones
• Set-DnsServerRecursion cmdlet
  • about / Enabling or disabling recursion
• Set-DnsServerResourceRecord cmdlet / Managing A records and PTR records
• Set-DnsServerResourceRecord cmdlet / Managing A records and PTR records
• Set-DnsServerSetting cmdlet / Changing the listening IP address
• Set-GPPermission cmdlet
  • about / Working with Group Policy permissions
• single-domain environment / Managing domains
• single-forest environment / Managing domains
• sites
  • managing / Managing sites and subnets
  • querying / Querying sites and subnets
  • creating / Creating and modifying sites
  • modifying / Creating and modifying sites
  • removing / Removing sites and subnets
• SOA records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
• SRV records
  • about / Creating, modifying, and deleting DNS records
• stub zone, DNS zones
  • about / Managing DNS zones
• subnets
  • managing / Managing sites and subnets
  • querying / Querying sites and subnets
  • creating / Creating and modifying subnets
  • modifying / Creating and modifying subnets
  • removing / Removing sites and subnets
• SYSVOL / Removing Group Policy links and objects

T

• Test-ADDSDomainControllerUninstallation cmdlet / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
• Test-DnsServer cmdlet / Installing and configuring a DNS server
• Test-DnsServer cmdlet / Installing a DNS server
• TIBDC2 / Querying Group Policies

U

• $UserObj variable
  • about / Updating the description of a user object
• Uninstall-ADDSDomainController cmdlet / Demoting domain controllers and removing domains
• user accounts
  • managing / Managing user accounts
  • creating / Creating user accounts
  • bulk user accounts, creating / Creating bulk user accounts
  • enabling / Enabling or disabling user accounts
  • disabling / Enabling or disabling user accounts
  • moving, to another OU / Moving user accounts to another OU
  • deleting / Deleting user accounts
  • adding, to security groups / Adding user accounts to groups
  • creating, in bulk / Bulk creation of user accounts, Usage
  • password expiry date, obtaining / Getting the password expiry date of user accounts, Usage
• user existence
  • checking / Checking whether a user, group, computer, or an OU exists
• user membership
  • getting / Getting membership of a user, computer, and group
  • verifying / Verifying whether a user is a member of the given group or not, Usage
• user properties
  • modifying / Modifying user properties
  • user object description, updating / Updating the description of a user object
  • telephone numbers, updating / Updating the telephone numbers of multiple users

W

• Windows Development Services (WDS)
  • about / Creating computer accounts