PowerShell Script: Protect OUs from Acidental Deletion

Quick Powershell script to protect all OUs from acidental delition.

Run the following script from the Active Directory Module  to finda all unprotected OUS

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -filter * -Properties ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion | where {$_.ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion -eq $false} | ft


Run the following script from the Active Directory Module to protect all the OUs listed in output from obove scripts.

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -filter * -Properties ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion | where {$_.ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion -eq $false} | Set-ADOrganizationalUnit -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $true

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