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Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy

Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:19 pm

NAME Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy



SYNOPSIS

Gets the default password policy for an Active Directory domain.





SYNTAX

Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy [[-Current] {LocalComputer | LoggedOnUser}] [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}]

[-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]



Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy [-Identity] <ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy> [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}]

[-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy cmdlet gets the default password policy for a domain.



The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory domain. You can identify a domain by its Distinguished Name

(DN), GUID, Security Identifier (SID), DNS domain name, or NETBIOS name. You can also set the parameter to a

domain object variable, such as $<localDomainObject> or pass a domain object through the pipeline to the Identity

parameter.





PARAMETERS

-AuthType <ADAuthType>

Specifies the authentication method to use. Possible values for this parameter include:



Negotiate or 0



Basic or 1



The default authentication method is Negotiate.



A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required for the Basic authentication method.



The following example shows how to set this parameter to Basic.



-AuthType Basic



Required? false

Position? named

Default value Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AuthType.Negotiate

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Credential <PSCredential>

Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. The default credentials are the

credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory PowerShell

provider drive. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the

default.



To specify this parameter, you can type a user name, such as "User1" or "Domain01\\User01" or you can specify a

PSCredential object. If you specify a user name for this parameter, the cmdlet prompts for a password.



You can also create a PSCredential object by using a script or by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. You can

then set the Credential parameter to the PSCredential object The following example shows how to create

credentials.



$AdminCredentials = Get-Credential "Domain01\\User01"



The following shows how to set the Credential parameter to these credentials.



-Credential $AdminCredentials



If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory

PowerShell returns a terminating error.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Current <ADCurrentDomainType>

Specifies whether to return the domain of the local computer or the current logged on user (CLU). Possible

values for this parameter are:



LocalComputer or 0



LoggedOnUser or 1



The following example shows how to set this parameter to return the domain of the current logged on user.



-Current LoggedOnUser



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Identity <ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy>

Specifies an Active Directory domain object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier

in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute. All values are for the domainDNS object that

represents the domain.



Distinguished Name



Example: DC=redmond,DC=corp,DC=contoso,DC=com



GUID (objectGUID)



Example: 599c3d2e-f72d-4d20-8a88-030d99495f20



Security Identifier (objectSid)



Example: S-1-5-21-3165297888-301567370-



DNS domain name



Example: redmond.corp.contoso.com



NetBIOS domain name



Example: redmond



The cmdlet searches the default naming context or partition to find the object. If two or more objects are

found, the cmdlet returns a non-terminating error.



This parameter can also get this object through the pipeline or you can set this parameter to a domain object

instance.



This example shows how to set the parameter to a distinguished name.



-Identity "DC=redmond,DC=corp,DC=contoso,DC=com"



This example shows how to set this parameter to a domain object instance named "domainInstance".



-Identity $domainInstance



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <String>

Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to, by providing one of the following

values for a corresponding domain name or directory server. The service may be any of the following: Active

Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory Snapshot instance.



Domain name values:



Fully qualified domain name



Examples: corp.contoso.com



NetBIOS name



Example: CORP



Directory server values:



Fully qualified directory server name



Example: corp-DC12.corp.contoso.com



NetBIOS name



Example: corp-DC12



Fully qualified directory server name and port



Example: corp-DC12.corp.contoso.com:3268



The default value for the Server parameter is determined by one of the following methods in the order that

they are listed:



-By using Server value from objects passed through the pipeline.



-By using the server information associated with the Active Directory PowerShell provider drive, when running

under that drive.



-By using the domain of the computer running Windows PowerShell.



The following example shows how to specify a full qualified domain name as the parameter value.



-Server "corp.contoso.com"



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADDomain



A domain object is received by the Identity parameter.





OUTPUTS

Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy



Returns the default domain password policy object for the specified domain.





NOTES





This cmdlet does not work with AD LDS.



This cmdlet does not work when targeting a snapshot using the Server parameter.





-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



C:\\PS>Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy -Current LoggedOnUser



Description



-----------



Get the default domain password policy from current logged on user domain.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



C:\\PS>Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy -Current LocalComputer



Description



-----------



Get the default domain password policy from current local computer.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------



C:\\PS>Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy -Identity fabrikam.com



Description



-----------



Get the default domain password policy from a given domain.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------



C:\\PS>(Get-ADForest -Current LoggedOnUser).Domains | %{ Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy -Identity $_ }



Description



-----------



Get the default domain password policy objects from all the domains in the forest.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------



C:\\PS>Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy



Description



-----------



Get the default domain password policy from current logged on user domain.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=291024

Get-ADDomain