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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Sander Berkouwer
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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Sander Berkouwer

Overview of this book

Updated to the Windows Server 2022, this second edition covers effective recipes for Active Directory administration that will help you leverage AD's capabilities for automating network, security, and access management tasks in the Windows infrastructure. Starting with a detailed focus on forests, domains, trusts, schemas, and partitions, this book will help you manage domain controllers, organizational units, and default containers. You'll then explore Active Directory sites management as well as identify and solve replication problems. As you progress, you'll work through recipes that show you how to manage your AD domains as well as user and group objects and computer accounts, expiring group memberships, and Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) with PowerShell. Once you've covered DNS and certificates, you'll work with Group Policy and then focus on federation and security before advancing to Azure Active Directory and how to integrate on-premise Active Directory with Azure AD. Finally, you'll discover how Microsoft Azure AD Connect synchronization works and how to harden Azure AD. By the end of this AD book, you’ll be able to make the most of Active Directory and Azure AD Connect.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Managing a site

After creating an Active Directory site, you might need to manage it. You might want to do the following:

  • Rename it.
  • Change its description.
  • Change its location.
  • Delete it.
  • Delegate control over it.

Getting ready

To manage an Active Directory site, you'll need to be signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group or with an account that has been delegated permissions to manage the Active Directory site.

If your aim is to delete an Active Directory site, remove any domain controller for the site first by right-clicking the domain controller object(s) under the site node and selecting Move. Alternatively, demote the domain controller.

How to do it...

The manageable properties of an Active Directory site are stored in its attributes. The best ways to change them are through Active Directory Sites and Services and the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell.

Using Active Directory Sites...