How to use New-AzADDomainServiceForestTrustObject in Azure AD

This cmdlet can be used to create a configuration for establishing a forest trust. By using this cmdlet, you are creating a forest trust object that specifies a bidirectional external trust between the source domain (sourceforest.com) and the target domain (targetforest.com).

Azure PowerShell syntax

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New-AzADDomainServiceForestTrustObject
[-FriendlyName <String>]
[-RemoteDnsIP <String>]
[-TrustDirection <String>]
[-TrustedDomainFqdn <String>]
[-TrustPassword <SecureString>]
[<CommonParameters>]
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