You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook, Second Edition Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803242507

Length 696 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts

2. Chapter 2: Managing Domain Controllers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Chapter 4: Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Chapter 5: Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Chapter 6: Managing Active Directory Users

7. Chapter 7: Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Chapter 9: Managing DNS

10. Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

11. Chapter 11: Securing Active Directory

12. Chapter 12: Managing Certificates

13. Chapter 13: Managing Federation

14. Chapter 14: Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and DSSO)

15. Chapter 15: Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

16. Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD

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Implementing LAPS

Microsoft's free LAPS allows admins to periodically change the password for the local administrator password on domain-joined devices. This recipe shows how to implement and use it.

Getting ready

First, download LAPS from http://aka.ms/LAPS. Download the *.msi file that corresponds to the client operating system architecture(s) used in the organization. Most likely, this will be x64. Place the file on a share.

Ensure that all domain controllers in the environment run Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or a newer version of Windows Server.

If your organization places devices in the default Computers container, move the computer objects that you want to be part of LAPS from this container to an OU dedicated to devices.

How to do it...

There are two sides to LAPS – implementing it and managing it.