Windows 2008 R2 Powershell AD Cmdlets

Widows 2008 R2 comes with powershell v2 by default. and added with 76 new Ad cmdlets and Ad provders

New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name “OUname” -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $true

This command creates new OU under the root. If we wanted created OU in specific path then we have to provide the pat. Below is the example of the same

New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name “OUname” -Path “OU=AllUsers,dc=grayson,dc=test”  -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $true

-ProtectedformAccidentDeletion $true help to protect the OU getting accidentially deleted.

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit

Helps to get the details of the required OU

Set-ADOrganizationalUnit

Helps to modify the OU

Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit

Helps to remove the required OU