DNS is one of the core components for Active Directory Domain Services. In a disaster scenario, it becomes impossible to locate resources within the network and all AD operations come to a screeching halt. Therefore, it’s absolutely necessary to restore the DNS servers. One way to set this right is by performing an AD DS […]
Getting a know a new environment for a new client and I a quickly needed information about all domain controllers in the entire forest. Wrote a small little script to provide me all the information I needed:
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Import-Module ActiveDirectory function Get-AllDCsInForest{ [CmdletBinding()] param( [string]$ReferenceDomain = $env:USERDOMAIN ) $ForestObj = Get-ADForest -Server $ReferenceDomain foreach($Domain in $ForestObj.Domains) { Get-ADDomainController -Filter * -Server $Domain | select Domain,HostName,Site, IPv4Address, OperatingSystem, OperatingSystemVersion } } Get-AllDCsInForest| Export-Csv -Path C:\Scripts\AllDcs.txt -NoTypeInformation |
Working with so many versions of SQL a quick reference list is always helpful that shows the versions numbers and service packs. A downloadable version of an Excel workbook that contains all the build versions together with their current support lifecycle stage for 2005 through the current version is available. Click to download this Excel file […]
Working with many app/dev teams it is hard to find which version of Dot Net an application was designed or made in. Now if your application server has multiple drives and depending on which drive the application resides it may be hard to find this information. Let’s assume there are two drives C: and D:. […]
From time to time admins have to run an inventory of what is running in the AD environment. This is a good practice for audits, inventory, removing decommissioned servers, or any other good reason. The details that are required are like when was computer/ server created, when was it last logged into, what is the […]
