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For those who is looking for the most updated Group Policy Settings Reference:

 

 

 

These spreadsheets list the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the Administrative template files delivered with the Windows operating systems specified. You can configure these policy settings when you edit Group Policy objects (GPOs).

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Powershell scripts are really usefull. So, here is on to create automate the AD Sites creation :

 

How to use :

 

Save the script below to the notepad and save as Create-ADSubnet.ps1

To execute

Open the Administrator command prompt and type

 

powershell .create-adsubnet.ps1 192.168.1.0/24 SITENAME  ""site location""

 

You can create a .bat file with all subnets/sites.

Note: use "" if the site location or site name has spaces in between.

 

#Script to create Subnets and Sites

#*****************************
param ($Subnet, $SiteName, [String] $Location, [String] $Description, [switch]$Help)

function Help
{
""
Write-Host "Usage: .Create-ADSubnet.ps1 -Help"
Write-Host "Usage: .Create-ADSubnet.ps1 <Subnet> <SiteName> <Location> <Description>"
Write-Host "Ex: .Create-ADSubnet.ps1 10.150.0.0/16 Default-First-Site-Name Sydney FrenchsForest"
""
Break
}

if ($Help) {Help}
if ($Subnet -eq $Null) {Write-Host "Provide a Subnet!" -fore Red; Help}
if ($Location -eq $Null) {Write-Host "Provide a Location!" -fore Red; Help}
if ($Description -eq $Null) {Write-Host "Provide a Description!" -fore Red; Help}
if ($SiteName -eq $Null) {Write-Host "Provide a Site Name!" -fore Red; Help}

if ($SiteName -like "CN=*")
{
 $SiteNameRDN = $SiteName
}
else
{
 $SiteNameRDN = "CN=$($SiteName)"
}

#$Description = $Subnet

$RootDSE = [ADSI]"LDAP://RootDSE"
$ConfigurationNC = $RootDSE.configurationNamingContext

$SubnetRDN = "CN=$($Subnet)"
#$Description = $Subnet

$SiteDN = "$($SiteNameRDN),CN=Sites,$($ConfigurationNC)"
$SubnetsContainer = [ADSI]"LDAP://CN=Subnets,CN=Sites,$($ConfigurationNC)"

$NewSubnet = $SubnetsContainer.Create("subnet",$SubnetRDN)

$NewSubnet.Put("siteObject", $SiteDN)
$NewSubnet.Put("description", $Description)
$NewSubnet.Put("location", $Location)

trap {Continue}
$NewSubnet.SetInfo()

if (!$?)
{
""
Write-Host "Error! Please check your input."
Write-Host "Error Message:"

$Error[0].Exception
""
}
else
{
""
Write-Host "Subnet Created Successfully."
""
}