Protect from Accidental Deletion -Users

How to apply Protect from accidental deletion for all the users and computers in the domain. Any easiest way to do this???

Hello,
Using Powershell it is easy.
For Users:
Import-Module activedirectory
Get-ADUser -Filter * | Set-ADObject -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion:$true
For Computers:
Import-Module activedirectory
Get-ADcomputer -Filter * | Set-ADObject -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion:$true
Do not forget to run Powershell in elevated if you faced errors.
Regards.
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