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70-742 Additional Notes – Restoring the Default GPOs

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You may find yourself in a situation where you need to restore the default domain policy or the default domain controllers policy to their original configurations. Thankfully – there is a tool for this – it is the aptly named dcgpofix.exe command line tool. This tools offers the following options:

  • /ignoreschema- this permits the command to run regardless of the AD scheme version in use
  • /target – permits you to specify exactly what object you want to restore
  • /? – permits the display of help on the command

70-742 Additional Notes – Federation Services Cmdlets for PowerShell

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Be sure to run through these useful cmdlets for the management of Active Directory Federation Services. Remember, don’t go crazy with memorization here on cmdlets. Just remember the verb-noun syntax and review the list to see what is possible. Once again – don’t miss the READ MORE button in the blog post to see the complete list:

  • Add-​Adfs​Attribute​Store
    Adds an attribute store to the Federation Service.
  • Add-​Adfs​Certificate
    Adds a new certificate to AD FS for signing, decrypting, or securing communications.
  • Add-​Adfs​Claim​Description
    Adds a claim description to the Federation Service.
  • Add-​Adfs​Claims​Provider​Trust
    Adds a new claims provider trust to the Federation Service.
  • Add-​Adfs​Claims​Provider​Trusts​Group
    Creates a claims provider trust group based on metadata that contains multiple entities.
  • Add-​Adfs​Client
    Registers an OAuth 2.0 client with AD FS.
  • Add-​Adfs​Device​Registration​Upn​Suffix
    Adds a custom UPN suffix.
  • Add-​Adfs​Farm​Node
    Adds this computer to an existing federation server farm.
  • Add-​Adfs​Local​Claims​Provider​Trust
    Creates a local claims provider trust.
  • Add-​Adfs​Native​Client​Application
    Adds a native client application role to an application in AD FS.
  • Add-​Adfs​Non​Claims​Aware​Relying​Party​Trust
    Adds a relying party trust that represents a non-claims-aware web application or service to the Federation Service.
  • Add-​Adfs​Relying​Party​Trust
    Adds a new relying party trust to the Federation Service.
  • Add-​Adfs​Relying​Party​Trusts​Group
    Creates a relying party trusts group.
  • Add-​Adfs​Scope​Description
    Adds a scope description in AD FS.
  • Add-​Adfs​Server​Application
    Adds a server application role to an application in AD FS.
  • Add-​Adfs​Trusted​Federation​Partner
    Adds configuration settings for trusted federation partners in AD FS.
  • Add-​Adfs​Web​Api​Application
    Adds a Web API application role to an application in AD FS.
  • Add-​Adfs​Web​Application​Proxy​Relying​Party​Trust
    Adds a relying party trust for the Web Application Proxy.
  • Disable-​Adfs​Application​Group
    Disables an application group.

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