Windows Server with PowerShell: Active Directory

Configure and manage DNS zones, including primary, secondary, and stub zones, with Active Directory integrated primary zones for fault-tolerant, domain-wide name resolution across domain controllers.

Create an Active Directory integrated reverse lookup zone with forest-wide replication and dynamic updates for the perimeter network ID, then export the zone to a file.

Install Active Directory Domain Services and DNS server on a new domain controller via the Server Manager GUI, then promote the server to a domain controller.

Promote the domain controller to an existing domain, set the directory services restore mode password, and choose a replication source. Review the configuration, verify success, and install to complete promotion.

Replicate and manage DNS zones across domain controllers by exporting, restoring, and configuring primary and secondary zones, including transfer permissions and reverse lookup settings.

Manage DNS zones, including stub, forward, and reverse lookup zones with Active Directory integration, secure transfers, and conditional forwarders for internal domain resolution.

Delegate DNS zones to distribute load and improve performance using PowerShell. Manage core DNS resource records, including A records, CNAME, MX, NS, and SRV, to support services across the domain.

Create and manage users and groups in Active Directory with PowerShell, including adding users, creating groups and organizational units, moving objects, and batch importing from CSV for group membership.

Create and manage Active Directory groups with PowerShell, including security and distribution groups, with domain local, global, and universal scopes, and manage membership with Add-ADGroupMember.

Create and manage organizational units in Active Directory with PowerShell, set display name and description, and move users and computers between units using Get-Help and Move-ADObject with WhatIf.

Automate adding a domain controller to an existing domain with PowerShell by configuring fixed IP and DNS, installing the Active Directory domain services role, joining, renaming, and promoting.

Explore five flexible single master operations roles—schema master, domain naming master, RID master, PDC emulator, and infrastructure master—and how to transfer or seize them with PowerShell.