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Enable-ADOptionalFeature

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Enable-ADOptionalFeature is accessible with the help of addsadministration module. To install addsadministration on your system please refer to this link.

Synopsis
Enables an Active Directory optional feature.

Description
The Enable-ADOptionalFeature enables an Active Directory optional feature that is associated with a particular Domain mode or Forest mode. Active Directory optional features that depend on a specified domain mode or Forest mode must be explicitly enabled after the domain mode or forest mode is set.
The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory optional feature that you want to enable. You can identify an optional feature by its distinguished name (DN), feature GUID, or object GUID. You can also set the parameter to an optional feature object variable, such as $ or you can pass an optional feature object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet to retrieve an optional feature object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet.

The Scope parameter specifies the scope at which the optional feature will be enabled. Possible values for this parameter are Domain and Forest.

The Target parameter specifies the domain or forest on which the optional feature will be enabled. You can identify the domain or forest by its fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), NetBIOS name, or distinguished name (DN) of the domain naming context (domain NC).

Parameters

 -AuthType 
         Specifies the authentication method to use. Possible values for this parameter include:

    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AuthType.Negotiate
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Credential <PSCredential>
    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.

    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Identity <ADOptionalFeature>
    Specifies an Active Directory optional feature object by providing one of the following values. The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute.

    Required?                    true
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       True (ByValue)
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
    Returns the new or modified object. By default (i.e. if -PassThru is not specified), this cmdlet does not generate any output.

    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Scope <ADOptionalFeatureScope>
    Specifies the scope at which the feature is enabled or disabled. Possible values for this parameter include:

    Required?                    true
    Position?                    3
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Server <String>
    Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services 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:  Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory Snapshot instance.

    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Target <ADEntity>
    Specifies the domain or forest in which to modify the optional feature. You can identify the target domain or forest by providing one of the following values:

    Required?                    true
    Position?                    4
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Confirm <SwitchParameter>
    Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                false
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-WhatIf <SwitchParameter>
    Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                false
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

Syntax

Notes
This cmdlet does not work with an Active Directory Snapshot.

————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–
C:\PS>Enable-ADOptionalFeature ‘Recycle Bin Feature’ -Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet -Target ‘TOSSolution.com’ -server dc1
Enable the optional feature ‘Recycle Bin Feature’ for the forest ‘TOSSolution.com’. This operation must be performed on the Domain Controller that holds the naming master FSMO role.

————————– EXAMPLE 2 ————————–
C:\PS>Enable-ADOptionalFeature ‘Feature 1’ -Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet -Target ‘CN=Configuration,CN={6321545L-6GDL-56CS-8PL6-9H35D0C91B9B}’ -server life.TOSSolution.com:50000
Enable the optional feature ‘Recycle Bin Feature’ for the AD LDS instance life.TOSSolution.com. This operation must be performed on the AD LDS instance that holds the naming master FSMO role.

You can check the Version, CommandType and Source of this cmdlet by giving below command.

Get-Command Enable-ADOptionalFeature

You can also read about
. Disable-ADOptionalFeature
. Get-ADOptionalFeature

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