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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Configuring password writeback

As an addition to the Self-service Password Reset and Change Password functionality in Azure AD, this recipe shows how to configure the Password writeback feature in Azure AD Connect.

Getting ready

To configure the Password writeback feature in Azure AD Connect, you need to know the following about your organization:

Does my organization allow employees to reset their passwords from outside the organization?

To delegate permissions to Azure AD Connect service accounts, sign in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group in the Active Directory forest for which you are configuring password writeback to a Windows Server that has the Active Directory Users and Computers remote server administration tool installed.

To configure the Password writeback feature within Azure AD Connect, sign in with an account that is a local administrator account on a server dedicated to Azure AD Connect. As part of the process, credentials...