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Version: 2.1.0

Test-MtAdGroupPrivilegedWithMembersCount

SYNOPSIS​

Counts privileged groups that have members in Active Directory.

SYNTAX​

Test-MtAdGroupPrivilegedWithMembersCount [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION​

This test counts privileged groups (with adminCount = 1) that have members. This is important for security auditing as privileged groups provide administrative access to the domain and should be carefully monitored.

Well-known privileged group RIDs:

  • 512: Domain Admins
  • 519: Enterprise Admins
  • 518: Schema Admins
  • 548: Account Operators
  • 549: Server Operators
  • 550: Print Operators
  • 551: Backup Operators

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

Test-MtAdGroupPrivilegedWithMembersCount

Returns $true if data is retrievable.

PARAMETERS​

-ProgressAction​

Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by Write-Progress.

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
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.

INPUTS​

OUTPUTS​

System.Boolean​

NOTES​

https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Test-MtAdGroupPrivilegedWithMembersCount