Managing User and Service Accounts Flashcards
Configuring Password Policy and User Account Configuring Managed Service Accounts
What are the Kerberous Policies?
- Enforce User Logon Restrictions
- Maximum Lifetime For Service Ticket
- Maximum Lifetime For User Ticket
- Maximum Lifetime For User Ticket Renewal
- Maximum Tolerance For Computer Clock Synchronization
What are Password Policies?
- Enforce Password History
- Maximum Password Age
- Minimum Password Age
- Minimum password length
- Password must meet complexity requirements
- Store Password using reversible encryption
What are the Account Lockout Policies?
- Account lockout duration
- Account lockout threshold
- Reset account lockout counter after
What is the order that Group Policy is applied in?
L - Local
S - Site
D - Domain
OU - Organizational Unit
Where do Password Setting objects live?
Where can this be viewed?
System -> Password Settings Objects
ADSI Edit
ADUC (Users and Computers)
ADAC (Administrative Center)
What can Password Setting objects be applied to?
Users and Groups
Note: Not Organizational Units
New-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy
Please provide an example
Creates a new Active Directory Password Settings Object
ex. New-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy -Name “DomainUsersPSO” -Precedence 500 -ComplexityEnabled $true -Description “The Domain Users Password Policy” -DisplayName “Domain Users PSO” -LockoutDuration “0.12:00:00” -LockoutObservationWindow “0.00:15:00” -LockoutThreshold 10
Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy
Gets one or more Active Directory Password Settings Object
Remove-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy
Removes an Active Directory Password Settings Object
Set-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy
Modifies an Active Directory Password Settings Object
Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject
Please provide an example
Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject cmdlet applies a fine-grained password policy object to one or more global security groups and users.
Ex. Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject -Identity DomainUsersPSO -Subjects ‘Domain Users’
How do PSO’s determine which wins?
Whats the exception to this rule?
Precedence. Lowest value is last to apply
exception: If mixture of groups and direct assign to user. The Direct assign wins
When were Managed Service Accounts introduced?
When were Group Managed Service Accounts introduced?
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012R2
What is the differnce between a Managed Service Account and a Group Managed Service Account?
Managed Service Account: 1 account per machine
Group Managed Service Account: allows 1 object to be created in AD to be used only be specific computers
What are the requirements for a Group Managed Service Account?
- Must have a least 1 - 2012 DC
- KDS Root Key created for Domain