Advanced PowerShell: Automating Active Directory Administration

Introduction

• Automate your PowerShell administration

1. Setting PowerShell for AD

• All ways to run PowerShell
• Get and Help commands
• AD aliases in PowerShell
• PowerShell ISE for AD

2. Connecting to AD Using PowerShell

• Lab setup
• Managing AD with RSAT
• Remote AD management with PowerShell
• Promote servers to DCs using PowerShell

3. Managing AD Objects with PowerShell

• Managing users
• Managing computers
• Managing groups
• Managing printers
• PowerShell for creating Group Policies

4. Automating AD with PowerShell

• Scripting using PowerShell
• Advanced scripts you can use for managing AD
• Scripts to add multiple objects
• Performing AD maintenance

5. AD Reporting and Monitoring Using PowerShell

• Common reporting cmdlets for AD
• Generating custom reports
• Monitoring replication

Conclusion

• Next steps