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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782175995
Length 230 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
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Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Let's Get Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing User and Computer Objects 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

Creating and linking Group Policies

So far, we have seen how to query the existing Group Policies using the Active Directory and Group Policy modules. Now, let's check how to create a new policy in Active Directory and link it to Organizational Units using PowerShell code.

To do this, we mainly need two cmdlets:

  • New-GPO: This will help in creating the Group Policies
  • New-GPLink: This will help in creating links to existing OUs, domains, and sites

To create a new GPO, we just need to pass the name of the GPO to the New-GPO cmdlet and it returns the GPO object details after creating the new GPO. The following command creates a new GPO with the name MyNewGPO:

New-GPO -Name "MyNewGPO"

It should look like following screenshot:

Creating and linking Group Policies

When a new GPO is created, it does not get linked to any OUs or domains by default. It just stays in the Group Policy objects container in the GPMC console. After creating the GPO, it has to be linked to any of the existing OUs and this can be done by using the...

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