This is the code repository for Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition, published by Packt.
Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud
Updated to the Windows Server 2022, this second edition covers effective recipes for Active Directory administration that will help you leverage AD's capabilities for automating network, security, and access management tasks in the Windows infrastructure.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Manage the Recycle Bin, gMSAs, and fine-grained password policies
- Work with Active Directory from both the graphical user interface (GUI) and command line
- Use Windows PowerShell to automate tasks
- Create and remove forests, domains, domain controllers, and trusts
- Create groups, modify group scope and type, and manage memberships
- Delegate, view, and modify permissions
- Set up, manage, and optionally decommission certificate authorities
- Optimize Active Directory and Azure AD for security
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All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
Any command-line input or output is written as follows:
redirusr.exe "OU=Redirected Users OU,DC=LucernPub,DC=com"
redircmp.exe "OU=Redirected Computers OU,DC=LucernPub,DC=com"
Following is what you need for this book: This book is for administrators of existing Active Directory Domain Service environments as well as for Azure AD tenants looking for guidance to optimize their day-to-day tasks. Basic networking and Windows Server Operating System knowledge will be useful for getting the most out of this book.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-16).
| Software/hardware covered in the book | OS required |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | |
| Microsoft Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) | Windows 8.1 or higher and Windows Sever 2012 or higher |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2019 | Windows Sever 2016 or higher |
| x.509 TLS certificate | |
| Microsoft Pass-through Authentication agent | |
| DNS domain name | |
| Microsoft Azure Active Directory tenant | |
| Microsoft Azure AD Connect | Windows Server 2016 or higher |
| Microsoft Azure AD Connect Health Agent for AD FS | Windows Server 2012 or higher |
| Microsoft Azure AD Connect Health Agent for AD DS | Windows Server 2012 or higher |
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.
Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA-, MCSE-, and MCITP-certified for ages, as well as an MCT and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience, and passion. His background in industrial design engineering explains a lot of his creativity. His qualities extend beyond the typical four As in identity and access management. Of course, administration, authentication, authorization, auditing are necessities, but his out-of-the-box solutions get the most out of software, hardware, and the cloud. His work as a consultant, blogger, author, and trainer are all means to achieve his goal to help people with technology so that IT is not a mere hurdle, but an infinite enabler.
Active Directory Administration Cookbook
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