New-ADUser and Set-ADUser in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a new Active Directory user with the name 'John Doe'.

PowerShell

New-ADUser -Name [1] -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "P@ssw0rd" -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true

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A'John Doe'

B"John Doe"

CJohnDoe

DJohn_Doe

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting to put the name in quotes.

Using single quotes which may work but double quotes are preferred here.

Using a username instead of the full name.

The -Name parameter requires the full name as a string. Using double quotes "John Doe" is correct.

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medium

Complete the code to set the user's department to 'Sales' using Set-ADUser.

PowerShell

Set-ADUser -Identity "jdoe" -[1] "Sales"

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A-Title

B-Description

C-Office

D-Department

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Common Mistakes

Using -Title or -Office instead of -Department.

Forgetting the dash before the parameter.

The -Department parameter sets the department attribute for the user.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to enable the user account after creation.

PowerShell

New-ADUser -Name "Jane Smith" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "P@ss1234" -AsPlainText -Force) [1]

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A-Enabled $true

B-Enable $true

C-EnableAccount $true

D-EnabledAccount $true

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Common Mistakes

Using -Enable instead of -Enabled.

Using non-existent parameters like -EnableAccount.

The correct parameter to enable the account is -Enabled followed by $true.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a new user with a given username and set the email address.

PowerShell

New-ADUser -Name "[1]" -SamAccountName [2] -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "Pass123!" -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true
Set-ADUser -Identity [2] -EmailAddress "[1]@example.com"

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A"Alice Johnson"

Bajohnson

C"ajohnson"

DAliceJohnson

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Not quoting the username.

Using the full name as the username.

Mixing up the parameters.

The -Name parameter needs the full name in quotes, and -SamAccountName needs the username as a string in quotes.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a user, enable the account, and set the office location.

PowerShell

New-ADUser -Name [1] -SamAccountName [2] -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "Secret123" -AsPlainText -Force) [3]
Set-ADUser -Identity [2] -Office "HQ"

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A"Bob Martin"

B"bmartin"

C-Enabled $true

D-Enable $true

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using -Enable instead of -Enabled.

Not quoting the name or username.

Forgetting to enable the account.

The name and username must be strings in quotes, and the correct parameter to enable the account is -Enabled $true.