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Version: 2.1.0

Test-MtAdSupportedSaslMechanismCount

SYNOPSIS​

Retrieves the count of supported SASL mechanisms in Active Directory.

SYNTAX​

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

DESCRIPTION​

Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) mechanisms define the authentication protocols supported by Active Directory. The Root DSE (Directory Service Agent) publishes the supported SASL mechanisms which clients use to negotiate authentication.

Common SASL mechanisms include:

  • GSSAPI: Kerberos-based authentication (most secure)
  • GSS-SPNEGO: Negotiate authentication
  • EXTERNAL: External authentication
  • DIGEST-MD5: Digest authentication

Understanding supported mechanisms helps assess authentication capabilities and potential security implications.

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

Test-MtAdSupportedSaslMechanismCount

Returns $true if Root DSE data is accessible.

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-MtAdSupportedSaslMechanismCount