Domain Controller Information

To list the domain controller name along with the global catalog status you can use this powershell script.

Domain controller information. Windows server 2008 r2. Domain controllers are particularly relevant in microsoft directory services terminology and function as the primary mode for authenticating windows user identities. A domain controller is a server that manages network security effectively acting as the gatekeeper for user authentication and authorization.

A domain controller is a server that is running a version of the windows server operating system and has active directory domain services installed. The identity parameter specifies the domain controller to get. For example ad ds stores information about user accounts such as names passwords phone numbers and so on and enables other authorized users on the same network to access this information.

It authenticates users stores user account information and enforces security policy for a domain. Dcstatus get addomaincontroller filter foreach item in dcstatus str dcstatus hostname. You can get domain controllers by setting the identity filter or discover parameters.

Can change windows password configuration information. If the domain controller is not in the optimal site the client flushes the cache after fifteen minutes and discards the cache entry. Similar types of configuration information could not be read from the domain controller error.

An rodc is a domain controller that can t write to active directory. Dcstatus isglobalcatalog write host str domain controllers in a given active directory site. This is often useful if you need an application to read from.

A domain controller dc is a server that responds to security authentication requests within a windows server domain. The domain controller uses some of the directory service information for identifying sites and subnets. Active directory stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find and use.