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Mastering Active Directory

You're reading from   Mastering Active Directory Deploy and secure infrastructures with Active Directory, Windows Server 2016, and PowerShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789800203
Length 786 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Dishan Francis Dishan Francis
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Preface 1. Section 1: Active Directory Planning, Design, and Installation FREE CHAPTER
2. Active Directory Fundamentals 3. Active Directory Domain Services 2016 4. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure 5. Active Directory Domain Name System 6. Placing Operations Master Roles 7. Migrating to Active Directory 2016 8. Section 2: Active Directory Administration
9. Managing Active Directory Objects 10. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices 11. Designing the OU Structure 12. Managing Group Policies 13. Section 3: Active Directory Service Management
14. Active Directory Services 15. Active Directory Certificate Services 16. Active Directory Federation Services 17. Active Directory Rights Management Services 18. Section 4: Best Practices and Troubleshooting
19. Active Directory Security Best Practices 20. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell 21. Azure Active Directory Hybrid Setup 22. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring 23. Active Directory Troubleshooting 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating, modifying, and removing objects in AD

Creating, modifying, and removing objects are the most commonly performed management tasks in an AD environment. Using the different tools and methods described in the previous section, we can perform these tasks. Each tool and method has its own pros and cons. By comparing GUI capabilities, the complexity of performing an administrative task, and the time it takes to execute a task, you can choose the tool that is best for you. My recommendation is to use a mix of tools as not every tool is good for every administrative task.

Creating AD objects

Each and every object type has a different set of attributes. When you create objects, you need to provide values for those attributes...

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