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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Backing up and restoring GPOs

Group Policy Management does not offer to roll back changes in Group Policy Objects (GPOs). However, when, in the process of modifying GPOs, a step is added to create a backup of the GPOs, inadvertent settings can be rolled back by restoring a previous backup.

This recipe shows what that step would look like and how to restore a GPO.

Getting ready

Sign in to a domain controller or a member server and/or device with the RSAT for Active Directory Domain Services installed. Ideally, the domain controller or member server runs Windows Server 2012, or a newer version of Windows Server.

Sign in with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group. In contrast to the delegation of creating, linking, managing, editing, and reading GPOs, backing up and restoring GPOs cannot be delegated.