Why AD management is essential for sysadmins in PowerShell - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to list all users in Active Directory.

PowerShell

Get-ADUser -Filter [1]

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A*

BName

CUser

DAll

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Common Mistakes

Using 'All' or 'User' instead of '*' causes errors.

The -Filter * parameter retrieves all users from Active Directory.

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medium

Complete the code to create a new Active Directory user named 'JohnDoe'.

PowerShell

New-ADUser -Name 'JohnDoe' -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString [1] -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true

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A'password123'

B'Password!'

C'123456'

D'adminpass'

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Common Mistakes

Using weak passwords causes creation failure.

The password must be strong; 'Password!' meets complexity requirements.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to disable a user account named 'JaneSmith'.

PowerShell

Disable-ADAccount -Identity [1]

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AJaneSmith

BUser.JaneSmith

Cjane.smith

D'JaneSmith'

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Common Mistakes

Omitting quotes causes errors.

The -Identity parameter requires the username as a string, so quotes are needed.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get all enabled users whose name starts with 'A'.

PowerShell

Get-ADUser -Filter "[1] -and Enabled -eq [2]"

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AName -like 'A*'

BName -eq 'A*'

CName -contains 'A'

DTrue

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Common Mistakes

Using -eq with wildcard does not work as expected.

The filter uses Name -like 'A*' to match names starting with 'A' and checks if Enabled is True.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a new user with a given name, surname, and enable the account.

PowerShell

New-ADUser -Name 'Alice Smith' -GivenName [1] -Surname [2] -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Password!' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled [3]

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A'Alice'

B'Smith'

C$true

D$false

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Common Mistakes

Using $false disables the account.

Use 'Alice' for given name, 'Smith' for surname, and $true to enable the account.