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You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook Actionable, proven solutions to identity management and authentication on servers and in the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789806984

Length 620 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts FREE CHAPTER

2. Managing Domain Controllers

3. Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Managing Active Directory Users

7. Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

10. Securing Active Directory

11. Managing Federation

12. Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and 3SO)

13. Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

14. Hardening Azure AD

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Deleting a user

Use this recipe to delete a previously created user object.

Getting ready

To delete a user account, you should sign in to a domain controller or a member server and/or device with the RSAT for Active Directory Domain Services installed.

Sign in with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group or the Account Operators group or with an account that is delegated to delete user objects in the domain or scope of the OU where the user account is to be deleted.

How to do it...

There are four ways to delete a user object:

Using Active Directory Users...

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Authors (1)

Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.

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