Organizational unit operations in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a new organizational unit named 'Sales' in Active Directory.

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New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name [1]

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A'Finance'

B'Marketing'

C'Sales'

D'HR'

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting to put the name in quotes.

Using an incorrect parameter name.

The command creates a new organizational unit named 'Sales' using the -Name parameter.

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medium

Complete the code to move the organizational unit 'Sales' to the path 'OU=Departments,DC=example,DC=com'.

PowerShell

Move-ADObject -Identity 'OU=Sales,DC=example,DC=com' -TargetPath [1]

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A'OU=Departments,DC=example,DC=com'

B'OU=Teams,DC=example,DC=com'

C'OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com'

D'OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong distinguished name for the target path.

Omitting quotes around the path.

The -TargetPath parameter specifies the new location for the organizational unit.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to delete the organizational unit 'Sales' including all child objects.

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Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity [1] -Recursive

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A'OU=Sales,DC=example,DC=com'

B'OU=Marketing,DC=example,DC=com'

C'Sales'

D'OU=Finance,DC=example,DC=com'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using only the OU name without the full path.

Forgetting the -Recursive switch when child objects exist.

The -Identity parameter requires the full distinguished name to correctly identify the OU to delete.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get all organizational units under 'OU=Departments,DC=example,DC=com' and select their names.

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Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase [1] | Select-Object [2]

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A'OU=Departments,DC=example,DC=com'

BName

CDistinguishedName

DDescription

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong distinguished name in -SearchBase.

Selecting a property that does not exist or is not useful.

The -SearchBase limits the search to the specified OU, and Select-Object chooses the 'Name' property to display.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a new OU named 'HR' in 'OU=Departments,DC=example,DC=com' and set a description.

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New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name [1] -Path [2] -Description [3]

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A'HR'

B'OU=Departments,DC=example,DC=com'

C'Human Resources Department'

D'Finance Department'

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up the description text.

Using the wrong path for the -Path parameter.

The -Name sets the OU name, -Path sets where to create it, and -Description adds a description.