Finding the Domain Controllers for a Domain

Finding the Domain Controllers for a Domain

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to find the domain controllers for a domain in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to find the domain controllers for the Fabrikam.com domain:
Get-ADDomainController -Discover -DomainName FABRIKAM.COM

Additional information

In addition to the standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attributes, you can retrieve the following extended properties of the Get-ADDomainController cmdlet by using the -Properties parameter:

• ComputerObjectDN
  
• Domain
  
• Enabled
  
• Forest
  
• IsGlobalCatalog
  
• IsReadOnly
  
• OperatingSystem
  
• OperatingSystemHotfix
  
• OperatingSystemServicePack
  
• OperatingSystemVersion
  
• ServerObjectGuid
  

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Get-ADDomainController, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Get-ADDomainController –detailed, and then press ENTER.