New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

Creates a new site link bridge in Active Directory for replication.

Syntax

New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [-AuthType <ADAuthType>]
   [-Credential <PSCredential>]
   [-Description <String>]
   [-Instance <ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge>]
   [-InterSiteTransportProtocol <ADInterSiteTransportProtocolType>]
   [-Name] <String>
   [-OtherAttributes <Hashtable>]
   [-PassThru]
   [-Server <String>]
   [[-SiteLinksIncluded] <ADReplicationSiteLink[]>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge cmdlet creates a new site link bridge in Active Directory for use in replication. A site link bridge connects two or more site links and enables transitivity between site links. Each site link in a bridge must have a site in common with another site link in the bridge.

Examples

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

C:\PS>New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge "NorthAmerica-Asia" -SiteLinksIncluded "NorthAmerica-Europe","Europe-Asia"

Description


Create a new site link bridge named 'NorthAmerica-Asia' bridging the two sites links 'NorthAmerica-Europe' and 'Europe-Asia'.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

C:\PS>New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge "NorthAmerica-Asia" -SiteLinksIncluded "NorthAmerica-Europe","Europe-Asia" -InterSiteTransportProtocol IP

Description


Create a new site link bridge named 'NorthAmerica-Asia' bridging the two sites links 'NorthAmerica-Europe' and 'Europe-Asia', and set the InterSiteTransportProtocol on the new object.

Parameters

-AuthType

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

Negotiate or 0

Basic or 1

The default authentication method is Negotiate.

A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required for the Basic authentication method.

The following example shows how to set this parameter to Basic.

-AuthType Basic

Type:ADAuthType
Accepted values:Negotiate, Basic
Position:Named
Default value:Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AuthType.Negotiate
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 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.

To specify this parameter, you can type a user name, such as "User1" or "Domain01\User01" or you can specify a PSCredential object. If you specify a user name for this parameter, the cmdlet prompts for a password.

You can also create a PSCredential object by using a script or by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. You can then set the Credential parameter to the PSCredential object The following example shows how to create credentials.

$AdminCredentials = Get-Credential "Domain01\User01"

The following shows how to set the Credential parameter to these credentials.

-Credential $AdminCredentials

If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory PowerShell returns a terminating error.

Type:PSCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Description

Specifies a description of the object. This parameter sets the value of the Description property for the object. The LDAP Display Name (ldapDisplayName) for this property is "description".

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Instance

Specifies an instance of a site link bridge object to use as a template for a new site link bridge object.

You can use an instance of an existing site link bridge object as a template or you can construct a new site link bridge object by using the Windows PowerShell command line or by using a script. The following examples show how to use these two methods to create a new site link bridge object.

Method 1: Use an existing site link bridge object as a template for a new object. To retrieve an instance of an existing Active Directory object, use the Get-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge cmdlet. Then provide this object to the Instance parameter of the New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge cmdlet to create a new site link bridge object. You can override property values of the new object by setting the appropriate parameters.

$objectInstance = Get-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge -Identity "NorthAmerica-Asia"

New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge -Name "SouthAmerica-Asia" -Instance $ObjectInstance

Method 2: Create a new ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge and set the property values by using the Windows PowerShell command line interface. Then pass this object to the Instance parameter of the New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge cmdlet to create the new site link bridge object.

$objectInstance = new-object Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

$objectInstance.Description = "Between North America and Asia."

New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge -Name "NorthAmerica-Asia" -Instance $ObjectInstance

Note: Specified attributes are not validated, so attempting to set attributes that do not exist or cannot be set will raise an error.

Type:ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-InterSiteTransportProtocol

Specifies the valid InterSite Transport Protocol for use with this site link bridge. Acceptable options for this parameter include the following:

  • IP
  • SMTP
Type:ADInterSiteTransportProtocolType
Accepted values:IP, SMTP
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the replication site link bridge object.

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-OtherAttributes

Specifies object attribute values for attributes that are not represented by cmdlet parameters. You can set one or more parameters at the same time with this parameter. If an attribute takes more than one value, you can assign multiple values. To identify an attribute, specify the LDAPDisplayName (ldapDisplayName) defined for it in the Active Directory schema.

Syntax:

To specify a single value for an attribute:

-OtherAttributes @{'AttributeLDAPDisplayName'=value}

To specify multiple values for an attribute

-OtherAttributes @{'AttributeLDAPDisplayName'=value1,value2,...}

You can specify values for more than one attribute by using semicolons to separate attributes. The following syntax shows how to set values for multiple attributes:

-OtherAttributes @{'Attribute1LDAPDisplayName'=value; 'Attribute2LDAPDisplayName'=value1,value2;...}

The following examples show how to use this parameter.

To set the value of a custom attribute called favColors that takes a set of Unicode strings, use the following syntax:

-OtherAttributes @{'favColors'="pink","purple"}

To set values for favColors and dateOfBirth simultaneously, use the following syntax:

-OtherAttributes @{'favColors'="pink","purple"; 'dateOfBirth'=" 01/01/1960"}

Type:Hashtable
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-PassThru

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

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Server

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.

Domain name values:

Fully qualified domain name

Examples: corp.contoso.com

NetBIOS name

Example: CORP

Directory server values:

Fully qualified directory server name

Example: corp-DC12.corp.contoso.com

NetBIOS name

Example: corp-DC12

Fully qualified directory server name and port

Example: corp-DC12.corp.contoso.com:3268

The default value for the Server parameter is determined by one of the following methods in the order that they are listed:

-By using Server value from objects passed through the pipeline.

-By using the server information associated with the Active Directory PowerShell provider drive, when running under that drive.

-By using the domain of the computer running Powershell.

The following example shows how to specify a full qualified domain name as the parameter value.

-Server "corp.contoso.com"

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-SiteLinksIncluded

Contains an array of site links that are included in this site link bridge. Accepted values for this parameter are the distinguished name (DN), a GUID, or the name of a site link. This parameter must contain two sites upon creation or else the Instance parameter must be included and used.

Type:ADReplicationSiteLink[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
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

Inputs

None or Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

A site link bridge object that is a template for the new site link bridge object is received by the Instance parameter.

Outputs

None or Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

Notes

  • By default, all site links are bridged (transitive) and creating a site link design is not required. We recommend that you keep transitivity enabled by not changing this default. However, you will need to disable bridging for all site links and complete a site link bridge design if either of the following is true:

    • Your IP network is not fully routed.

    • You need to control the replication flow of the changes made in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).