Active Directory Management Framework

Configuration driven Active Directory management.

Register-DMServiceAccount

SYNOPSIS

Register a Group Managed Service Account as a desired state object.

SYNTAX

Register-DMServiceAccount [-Name] <String> [-DNSHostName] <String> [-Description] <String> [-Path] <String>
 [[-ServicePrincipalName] <String[]>] [[-DisplayName] <String>] [[-ObjectCategory] <String[]>]
 [[-ComputerName] <String[]>] [[-ComputerNameOptional] <String[]>] [[-Enabled] <TriBool>]
 [[-Present] <Boolean>] [[-Attributes] <Object>] [[-ContextName] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Register a Group Managed Service Account as a desired state object. This will then be tested for during Test-DMServiceAccount and ensured during Invoke-DMServiceAccount.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-Content .\serviceaccounts.json | ConvertFrom-Json | Write-Output | Register-DMServiceAccount

Load up all settings defined in serviceaccounts.json

PARAMETERS

-Name

Name of the Service Account. This must be a legal name, 15 characters or less (no trailing $ needed). The SamAccountName will be automatically calculated based off this setting (by appending a $). Supports string resolution.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DNSHostName

The DNSHostName of the gMSA. Supports string resolution.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Description

Describe what the gMSA is supposed to be used for. Supports string resolution.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Path

The path where to place the gMSA. Supports string resolution.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ServicePrincipalName

Any service principal names to add to the gMSA. Supports string resolution.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: @()
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DisplayName

A custom DisplayName for the gMSA. Note, this setting will be ignored in the default dsa.msc console! It only affects other applications that might be gMSA aware and support it. Supports string resolution.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ObjectCategory

Only thus designated principals are allowed to retrieve the password to the gMSA. Using this you can grant access to any members of given Object Categories.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 7
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ComputerName

Only thus designated principals are allowed to retrieve the password to the gMSA. Using this you can grant access to an explicit list of computer accounts. A missing computer will cause a warning, but not otherwise fail the process. Supports string resolution.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 8
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ComputerNameOptional

Only thus designated principals are allowed to retrieve the password to the gMSA. Using this you can grant access to an explicit list of computer accounts. A missing computer will be logged but not otherwise noted. Supports string resolution.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 9
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Enabled

Whether the account should be enabled or disabled. By default, this is ‘Undefined’, causing the workflow to ignore its enablement state.

Type: TriBool
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Accepted values: False, True, Undefined

Required: False
Position: 10
Default value: Undefined
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Present

Whether the account should exist or not. By default, it should. Set this to $false in order to explicitly delete an existing gMSA.

Type: Boolean
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 11
Default value: True
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Attributes

Offer additional attributes to define. This can be either a hashtable or an object and can contain any writeable properties a gMSA can have in your organization.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 12
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ContextName

The name of the context defining the setting. This allows determining the configuration set that provided this setting. Used by the ADMF, available to any other configuration management solution.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 13
Default value: <Undefined>
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

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