{"id":9129,"date":"2025-08-14T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=9129"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:58:04","slug":"reset-the-krbtgt-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/research\/reset-the-krbtgt-password","title":{"rendered":"Reset the krbtgt and krbtgt_AzureAD password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

krbtgt <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use this Script https:\/\/github.com\/microsoftarchive\/New-KrbtgtKeys.ps1\/blob\/master\/New-KrbtgtKeys.ps1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reset to random password ( doesn’t matter as it will reset by itself ) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait 10 hours then reset again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AD Forest Recovery – Reset the krbtgt password | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

krbtgt_AzureAD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

# Enable Global Administrator to rotate the Kerberos server key\n# Requires PowerShell 5.1 or later\n\n# Automatically install the AzureADHybridAuthenticationManagement module if not already installed\nif (-not (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name AzureADHybridAuthenticationManagement)) {\n    Write-Host \"AzureADHybridAuthenticationManagement module not found. Installing...\" -ForegroundColor Yellow\n    Install-Module -Name AzureADHybridAuthenticationManagement -Scope CurrentUser -Force -AllowClobber\n}\n\n# Import the module\nImport-Module AzureADHybridAuthenticationManagement -Force\n\n# Get the current on-premises Active Directory domain\n$domain = $env:USERDNSDOMAIN\n\nif (-not $domain) {\n    Write-Error \"Could not detect domain. Are you running this on a domain-joined machine?\"\n    exit\n}\n\n# Prompt for Domain Administrator credentials\nWrite-Host \"Please enter Domain Administrator credentials for $domain\" -ForegroundColor Cyan\n$domainCred = Get-Credential -Message \"Domain Administrator credentials\"\n\n# Specify the Global Administrator UPN (replace with your actual admin)\n$userPrincipalName = \"globaladmin@yourdomain.com\"  # <<< CHANGE THIS >>>\n\n# Rotate the Kerberos server key\nWrite-Host \"Rotating Kerberos server key for domain: $domain\" -ForegroundColor Green\nSet-AzureADKerberosServer `\n    -Domain $domain `\n    -UserPrincipalName $userPrincipalName `\n    -DomainCredential $domainCred `\n    -RotateServerKey\n\nWrite-Host \"Kerberos key rotation completed successfully!\" -ForegroundColor Green\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
krbtgt Use this Script https:\/\/github.com\/microsoftarchive\/New-KrbtgtKeys.ps1\/blob\/master\/New-KrbtgtKeys.ps1 Reset to random password ( doesn’t matter as it will reset by itself ) Wait 10 hours then reset again AD Forest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t