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Active Directory with PowerShell

You're reading from Active Directory with PowerShell Learn to configure and manage Active Directory using PowerShell in an efficient and smart way

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782175995

Length 230 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

PowerShell

Concepts

Networking

Authors (2):

YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Let's Get Started

2. Managing User and Computer Objects FREE CHAPTER

3. Working with Active Directory Groups and Memberships

4. Configuring Group Policies

5. Managing Domains, Organizational Units, Sites, and Subnets

6. Advanced AD Operations Using PowerShell

7. Managing DFS-N and DFS-R Using PowerShell

8. Managing Active Directory DNS Using PowerShell

9. Miscellaneous Scripts and Resources for Further Learning

Index

Installing the Group Policy module

Let's see how to install the GPMC console in Windows Server 2008 R2, which includes the Group Policy PowerShell module as well.

Like any other Windows feature, Group Policy Management can be installed from Server Manager using the Add Features Wizard. Select the Group Policy Management option, as shown in the following screenshot, to install the Group Policy Management console as well as the Group Policy PowerShell module. Select the aforementioned option and click Next in the wizard to complete the installation.

Similarly, the console can be installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 and it works in a similar way. From Server Manager, you need to add the Group Policy Management option to install this feature as shown in the following screenshot:

Installing the Group Policy module

Group Policy Management feature can be installed using PowerShell as well. To check the current status of this feature installation, try the following command in the PowerShell window:

Get-WindowsFeature -Name GPMC...

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Authors (2)

YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

Uma Yellapragada has over 11 years of experience in the IT industry. Her core experience includes management of Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS/Lync), Microsoft Digital/Information Rights Management Services (DRMS/IRM), Hyper-V, VMware, PowerShell, and VBScript. She also has experience working with process technologies such as ITIL, Six Sigma, and PMP. She is the kind of person who challenges herself on a day-to-day basis and searches for areas of improvement as part of her work. As a result of this, she developed a passion for scripting with VBScript and PowerShell. She blogs her activities and research at http://techyyblog.com and writes occasionally at http://techibee.com.

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