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Automating AD Administration with Windows PowerShell

Automating AD Administration with Windows PowerShell. Don Jones @concentrateddon. What We’ll Cover. Key Active Directory Management Tasks Core PowerShell Patterns and Practices Use these same patterns with almost any command from almost any technology Pipeline Parameter Binding

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Automating AD Administration with Windows PowerShell

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  1. Automating AD Administration with Windows PowerShell Don Jones @concentrateddon

  2. What We’ll Cover • Key Active Directory Management Tasks • Core PowerShell Patterns and Practices • Use these same patterns with almost any command from almost any technology • Pipeline Parameter Binding • Parenthetical Expressions • Property Value Expansion

  3. A Quick Note • This session will primarily use demonstrations • I will capture a transcript of my shell activity • Will be available from ConcentratedTech.com (“Downloads”) by next week

  4. Ways to Manage Active Directory • Microsoft ActiveDirectory Module • Supplied with Windows Server 2008 R2 • Available in RSAT for Windows 7 • Cannot run on other versions of Windows • Talks to 2008R2 domains natively • 2003-2008 domain controllers require free Management Gateway RTW • Quest Active Directory Snap-In • Talks to 2000+ domain controllers natively • Also talks to ADAM/ADLDS • Runs on any version of Windows • Better support for schema extensions • Essentially the same use patterns • Free!

  5. Download Locations • Windows 7 RSAT: http://bit.ly/auHwcO • AD Management Gateway: http://bit.ly/eZNYr0 • Quest AD cmdlets: http://bit.ly/1EAVF0

  6. The AD: Drive • Provides a persisted security context • Mapped to your logon domain • Switch to this drive and run New-PSDrive to map additional domains • MS AD cmdlets “inherit” the credentials of the current drive • Can also use the –credential parameter to provide a credential • Map drives in your profile to have them always available

  7. Let the Demos Begin • Enough slides… on to the product! • Please raise questions as we go!

  8. Pipeline Parameter Binding Creating New AD Users Pipelining and –passThru (Re)Setting Passwords

  9. Creating a profile script Getting computer names: Three Ways Exploring the MS AD Cmdlets Exploring the Quest AD Cmdlets Querying Properties of AD Objects

  10. Final Chance for Q&A • Additional Resources: • http://ConcentratedTech.com • http://manning.com/jones • @concentrateddon • http://www.youtube.com/concentrateddon • See me for add’l resources • Recorded PowerShell workshops • Demo videos • Etc.

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  13. THANK YOU

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