Deploying and Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell
- Length: 256 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Microsoft Press
- Publication Date: 2015-07-05
- ISBN-10: 1509300651
- ISBN-13: 9781509300655
- Sales Rank: #2411160 (See Top 100 Books)
Deploying and Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: Tools for cloud-based and hybrid environments
Streamline and modernize the way you manage Active Directory
Use Windows PowerShell to simplify and accelerate Active Directory domain controller management, whether you’re running Active Directory entirely in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment. In this concise reference, Microsoft MVP Charlie Russel presents the commands, tested scripts, and best-practice advice you need to deploy and run Active Directory in a modern environment and to migrate smoothly to cloud or hybrid deployments wherever they offer more value.
Supercharge your productivity as an Active Directory administrator
- Get proven scripts that leverage the power of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Management Framework 4.0 and 5.0
- Deploy forests and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Manage DNS and DHCP
- Create and manage users and groups
- Deploy additional domain controllers, read-only domain controllers (RODCs), and domains
- Implement and manage fine-grained password policies
- Perform fast, reliable backups and restores
- Quickly extend on-premises Active Directory deployments to the cloud
- Efficiently manage roles and sites
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Deploy your first forest and domain
Chapter 2 Manage DNS and DHCP
Chapter 3 Create and manage users and groups
Chapter 4 Deploy additional domain controllers
Chapter 5 Deploy read-only domain controllers (RODCs)
Chapter 6 Deploy additional domains and forests
Chapter 7 Configure service authentication and account policies
Chapter 8 Back up and restore AD DS
Chapter 9 Manage sites and replication
Chapter 10 Deploy Active Directory in the cloud