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Mastering Active Directory

You're reading from   Mastering Active Directory Deploy and secure infrastructures with Active Directory, Windows Server 2016, and PowerShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789800203
Length 786 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Dishan Francis Dishan Francis
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Active Directory Planning, Design, and Installation FREE CHAPTER
2. Active Directory Fundamentals 3. Active Directory Domain Services 2016 4. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure 5. Active Directory Domain Name System 6. Placing Operations Master Roles 7. Migrating to Active Directory 2016 8. Section 2: Active Directory Administration
9. Managing Active Directory Objects 10. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices 11. Designing the OU Structure 12. Managing Group Policies 13. Section 3: Active Directory Service Management
14. Active Directory Services 15. Active Directory Certificate Services 16. Active Directory Federation Services 17. Active Directory Rights Management Services 18. Section 4: Best Practices and Troubleshooting
19. Active Directory Security Best Practices 20. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell 21. Azure Active Directory Hybrid Setup 22. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring 23. Active Directory Troubleshooting 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Finding objects in AD

AD holds different types of objects in its database. The most common way to locate an object in AD is to use ADAC or ADUC and browse through the containers. As the number of objects increases, so does the difficulty of locating objects in AD. In this section, we are going to look into more efficient ways of locating objects in an AD environment.

ADAC has enhanced query and filter capabilities. Since it's used via a GUI, it helps us to retrieve results faster compared to PowerShell.

In its management list, there is a filter box in the top section (once you click on the domain name in the navigation pane). It doesn't change the view as you navigate through the containers. It helps you to filter the data displayed in the management list quickly. However, it doesn't search for objects at multiple levels (child containers):

ADAC has a feature called...

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