Whereas the total number of cmdlets and functions in PowerShell v3 (all modules) has increased to 2300, particularly in Active Directory Module 58 cmdlets were added and they are the following. Keep in mind that this is pre-beta release and things are subject to change. A lot of the new cmdlets are focused on the new claims based ‘Dynamic Access Control’ in Windows Server 8 and amongst others there is a few for the management of AD’s physical topology.

· Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember

· Add-ADResourcePropertyListMember

· Clear-ADClaimTransformLink

· Get-ADCentralAccessPolicy

· Get-ADCentralAccessRule

· Get-ADClaimTransformPolicy

· Get-ADClaimType

· Get-ADDCCloningExcludedApplicationList

· Get-ADReplicationAttributeMetadata

· Get-ADReplicationConnection

· Get-ADReplicationFailure

· Get-ADReplicationPartnerMetadata

· Get-ADReplicationQueueOperation

· Get-ADReplicationSite

· Get-ADReplicationSiteLink

· Get-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

· Get-ADReplicationSubnet

· Get-ADReplicationUpToDatenessVectorTable

· Get-ADResourceProperty

· Get-ADResourcePropertyList

· Get-ADResourcePropertyValueType

· Get-ADTrust

· New-ADCentralAccessPolicy

· New-ADCentralAccessRule

· New-ADClaimTransformPolicy

· New-ADClaimType

· New-ADReplicationSite

· New-ADReplicationSiteLink

· New-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

· New-ADReplicationSubnet

· New-ADResourceProperty

· New-ADResourcePropertyList

· Remove-ADCentralAccessPolicy

· Remove-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember

· Remove-ADCentralAccessRule

· Remove-ADClaimTransformPolicy

· Remove-ADClaimType

· Remove-ADReplicationSite

· Remove-ADReplicationSiteLink

· Remove-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

· Remove-ADReplicationSubnet

· Remove-ADResourceProperty

· Remove-ADResourcePropertyList

· Remove-ADResourcePropertyListMember

· Set-ADCentralAccessPolicy

· Set-ADCentralAccessRule

· Set-ADClaimTransformLink

· Set-ADClaimTransformPolicy

· Set-ADClaimType

· Set-ADReplicationConnection

· Set-ADReplicationSite

· Set-ADReplicationSiteLink

· Set-ADReplicationSiteLinkBridge

· Set-ADReplicationSubnet

· Set-ADResourceProperty

· Set-ADResourcePropertyList

· Sync-ADObject

· Test-ADServiceAccount