You're reading from Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Length 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Dishan Francis

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2022

3. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2022

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services – Part 01

12. Active Directory Services – Part 02

13. Active Directory Certificate Services

14. Active Directory Federation Services

15. Active Directory Rights Management Services

16. Active Directory Security Best Practices

17. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

18. Hybrid Identity

19. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

21. Index

PowerShell 7

In Windows Server 2022, we still have PowerShell version 5.1. But the future of PowerShell lies with the cross-platform PowerShell version. When we open the PowerShell console in Windows Server 2022, we can see a message saying Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! https://aka.ms/PSWindows and this refer to PowerShell 7. Back in 2017, Microsoft released its first cross-platform PowerShell version, which was PowerShell Core 6.0. It is supported to run on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. It was built on .NET Core 2.x. and it was the first release of PowerShell to be made under an open-source license (MIT).

On November 11, 2020, Microsoft announced the general availability of PowerShell 7. This is built on .NET 5. Most of the modules used in Windows PowerShell 5.1 already work with PowerShell 7, including Azure PowerShell and AD. PowerShell 7 can run side by side with PowerShell 5.1. In this book, I am going to use PowerShell 7...