Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject
Applies a fine-grained password policy to one more users and groups.
Syntax
Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[-AuthType <ADAuthType>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-Identity] <ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy>
[-Partition <String>]
[-PassThru]
[-Server <String>]
[-Subjects] <ADPrincipal[]>
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject cmdlet applies a fine-grained password policy to one or more global security groups and users.
The Identity parameter specifies the fine-grained password policy to apply.
You can identify a fine-grained password policy by its distinguished name, GUID or name.
You can also set the Identity parameter to a fine-grained password policy object variable, such as $<localPasswordPolicyObject>, or pass a fine-grained password policy object through the pipeline operator to the Identity parameter.
For example, you can use the Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy cmdlet to get a fine-grained password policy object and then pass the object through the pipeline operator to the Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject cmdlet.
The Subjects parameter specifies the users and global security groups.
You can identify a user or global security group by its distinguished name (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID), or Security Account Manager (SAM) account name.
You can also specify user and global security group object variables, such as $<localUserObject>.
If you are specifying more than one user or group, use a comma-separated list.
To pass user and global security group objects through the pipeline to the Subjects parameter, use the Get-ADUser or the Get-ADGroup cmdlets to retrieve the user or group objects, and then pass these objects through the pipeline operator to the Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject cmdlet.
Examples
Example 1: Apply a fine-grained password policy to a global security group
PS C:\> Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject -Identity DomainUsersPSO -Subjects 'Domain Users'This command applies the fine-grained password policy named DomainUsersPSO to the Domain Users global security group.
Example 2: Apply a fine-grained password policy to multiple users
PS C:\> Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject -Identity DlgtdAdminsPSO -Subjects BobKe,KimAbThis command applies the fine-grained password policy named DlgtdAdminsPSO to users with the SAM account names BobKe and KimAb.
Example 3: Apply a fine-grained password policy to a security group
PS C:\> Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject -Identity DlgtdAdminsPSO -Subjects DlgtdAdminGroupThis command applies the fine-grained password policy named DlgtdAdminsPSO to the group DlgtdAdminGroup.
Example 4: Apply a fine-grained password policy to users with a specified name
PS C:\> Get-ADUser -Filter "lastname -eq 'Fuller'" | Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject -Identity DlgtdAdminsPSOThis command applies the fine-grained password policy named DlgtdAdminsPSO to any users whose last name is Fuller.
Parameters
-AuthType
Specifies the authentication method to use. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
- 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.
| Type: | ADAuthType |
| Accepted values: | Negotiate, Basic |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Credential
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.
If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory PowerShell returns a terminating error.
| Type: | PSCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Identity
Specifies an Active Directory fine-grained password policy object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier in parentheses is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) display name for the attribute. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
- A distinguished name
- A GUID (objectGUID)
- A name (name)
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 fine-grained password policy object instance.
| Type: | ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Partition
Specifies the distinguished name of an Active Directory partition. The distinguished name must be one of the naming contexts on the current directory server. The cmdlet searches this partition to find the object defined by the Identity parameter.
In many cases, a default value is used for the Partition parameter if no value is specified. The rules for determining the default value are given below. Note that rules listed first are evaluated first and once a default value can be determined, no further rules are evaluated.
In Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments, a default value for Partition is set in the following cases:
- If the Identity parameter is set to a distinguished name, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from this distinguished name.
- If running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from the current path in the drive.
- If none of the previous cases apply, the default value of Partition is set to the default partition or naming context of the target domain.
In Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) environments, a default value for Partition is set in the following cases:
- If the Identity parameter is set to a distinguished name, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from this distinguished name.
- If running cmdlets from an Active Directory provider drive, the default value of Partition is automatically generated from the current path in the drive.
- If the target AD LDS instance has a default naming context, the default value of Partition is set to the default naming context. To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment, set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent (DSA) object (nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance.
- If none of the previous cases apply, the Partition parameter does not take any default value.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PassThru
Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Server
Specifies the AD DS 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: AD LDS, AD DS, or Active Directory snapshot instance.
Specify the AD DS instance in one of the following ways:
Domain name values:
- Fully qualified domain name
- NetBIOS name
Directory server values:
- Fully qualified directory server name
- NetBIOS name
- Fully qualified directory server name and port
The default value for this parameter is determined by one of the following methods in the order that they are listed:
- By using the Server value from objects passed through the pipeline
- By using the server information associated with the Active Directory Domain Services Windows PowerShell provider drive, when the cmdlet runs in that drive
- By using the domain of the computer running Windows PowerShell
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Subjects
Specifies one or more users or groups. To specify more than one user or group, use a comma-separated list. You can identify a user or group by one of the following property values:
- Distinguished name (DN)
- GUID (objectGUID)
- Security Identifier (objectSid)
- SAM account name (sAMAccountName)
Note: The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute.
You can also provide objects to this parameter directly.
| Type: | ADPrincipal[] |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy, Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADPrincipal
A fine-grained password policy object is received by the Identity parameter. One or more principal objects that represent users and security group objects are received by the Subjects parameter. Derived principal types, such as the following, are also accepted by the Subjects parameter:
- Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADGroup
- Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser
Outputs
None or Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy
Returns the modified fine-grained password policy object when the PassThru parameter is specified. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
Notes
- This cmdlet does not work with AD LDS.
- This cmdlet does not work with a read-only domain controller.
- This cmdlet does not work with an Active Directory snapshot.