Add-ADDSReadOnlyDomainControllerAccount
Creates a RODC account that can be used to install an RODC in Active Directory.
Syntax
Add-ADDSReadOnlyDomainControllerAccount
[-SkipPreChecks]
-DomainControllerAccountName <String>
-DomainName <String>
-SiteName <String>
[-AllowPasswordReplicationAccountName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-DelegatedAdministratorAccountName <String>]
[-DenyPasswordReplicationAccountName <String[]>]
[-NoGlobalCatalog]
[-InstallDns]
[-ReplicationSourceDC <String>]
[-Force]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Add-ADDSReadOnlyDomainControllerAccount
cmdlet creates a read-only domain controller (RODC)
account that can be used to install an RODC in Active Directory.
Examples
Example 1: Add a RODC account
$HashArguments = @{
DomainControllerAccountName = "RODC1"
DomainName = "corp.contoso.com"
SiteName = "NorthAmerica"
}
Add-ADDSReadOnlyDomainControllerAccount @HashArguments
This command adds a RODC account to the corp.contoso.com
domain using the North America site as the
source site for the replication source domain controller.
Parameters
-AllowPasswordReplicationAccountName
Specifies an array of user accounts, group accounts, and computer accounts whose passwords can be replicated to this RODC. Use None if you want to keep the value empty. By default, only the Allowed RODC Password Replication Group is allowed, and it is originally created empty.
Type: | String[] |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | NULL |
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 name and password that corresponds to the account used to install the domain
controller. Specify the Get-Credential
cmdlet when using this parameter to prompt the user to
supply a password.
Type: | PSCredential |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | NULL |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DelegatedAdministratorAccountName
Specifies the name of the user or group that installs and administers the RODC.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | NULL |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DenyPasswordReplicationAccountName
Specifies the names of user accounts, group accounts, and computer accounts whose passwords are not to be replicated to this RODC. Use None if you do not want to deny the replication of credentials of any users or computers. By default, Administrators, Server Operators, Backup Operators, Account Operators, and the Denied RODC Password Replication Group are denied. By default, the Denied RODC Password Replication Group includes Cert Publishers, Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Enterprise Domain Controllers, Enterprise Read-Only Domain Controllers, Group Policy Creator Owners, the krbtgt account, and Schema Admins.
Type: | String[] |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | NULL |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DomainControllerAccountName
Specifies the name of the RODC account that this cmdlet creates.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | <mandatory> |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DomainName
Specifies the domain name for the user name for the operation. This parameter is required. It also helps to specify the forest where you plan to install the domain controller or create an RODC account.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | <mandatory> |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Force
Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InstallDns
Indicates that the cmdlet installs the DNS Server service. If no value is provided, the default behavior is to automatically compute DNS configuration behavior based upon the existing environment.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | NULL |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-NoGlobalCatalog
Indicates that the cmdlet does not set the RODC as a global catalog server.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ReplicationSourceDC
Specifies the name of the domain controller to be used as the source for replicating to this RODC.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | NULL |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SiteName
Specifies the name of an existing site where you can place the new domain controller.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | <mandatory> |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SkipPreChecks
Indicates that the cmdlet executes only a base set of validations. This behavior is equivalent to
the validations that were performed when using Dcpromo.exe
in earlier versions of Windows Server
to add a domain controller. When this switch parameter is set, it specifies that additional
preliminary checks should be bypassed. For more information on the scope of these additional
preliminary checks that the ADDSDeployment module performs by default when using Windows Server
2012, refer to the table in the section ADPrep and Prerequisite Checking Architecture in
AD DS Simplified Administration.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
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 |
Notes
- Once you have added the RODC account, you can add an RODC to a server computer by using the
Install-ADDSDomainController
cmdlet with the-ReadOnlyReplica
switch parameter. - You can also delegate the ability to attach the server to a non-administrative group or user. If you are deploying RODCs in delegated administration scenarios where the machine accounts are pre-provisioned, creating the RODC account is the first stage of the RODC installation process and needs to be done by a member of the Domain Admins group. In these scenarios, once an administrator uses this cmdlet to add the RODC account in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), the second stage of the installation can occur. This involves attaching an actual server computer in a remote location (such as a branch office) that will operate as the RODC for the specified account created using this cmdlet.