This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Sync-ADObject', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Replicates a single object between any two domain controllers that have partitions in common.
Sync-ADObject [-Object] <ADObject> [[-Source] <String>] [-Destination] <String> [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-PassThru] [-PasswordOnly]
[<CommonParameters>]
The Sync-ADObject cmdlet replicates a single object between any two domain controllers that have partitions in common. The two domain controllers do not need to be direct
replication partners. It can also be used to populate passwords in a read-only domain controller (RODC) cache.
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Get-ADObject
Move-ADObject
New-ADObject
Remove-ADObject
Rename-ADObject
Restore-ADObject
Set-ADObject
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-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\>Sync-ADObject -Object "CN=AccountManagers,OU=AccountDeptOU,DC=corp,DC=contoso,DC=com" -Source "corp-DC01" -Destination "corp-DC02"
This command replicates an object with DistinguishedName CN=AccountManagers,OU=AccountDeptOU,DC=corp,DC=contoso,DC=com from corp-DC01 to corp-DC02.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\>Get-ADUser -Identity saradavis | Sync-ADObject -Destination "corp-RODC01" -PasswordOnly
This command pre-caches the password of Sara Davis to the read-only Domain Controller corp-RODC01 using SamAccountName of the user.