How to Get Domain Controller Information with Powershell

You can use the script below to discover your Domain Controller servers in your system.

(Get-ADForest).Domains | % { Get-ADDomainController -Discover -DomainName $_ } | % { Get-ADDomainController -server $_.Name -filter * }

ComputerObjectDN : Domain Controller Object Distinguished Name
DefaultPartition : Domain Partition
Domain : Domain Name
Enabled : Domain Status
Forest : Active Directory Forest Name
HostName : Domain Controller Host Name
InvocationId : The invocation ID identifies the version or the instantiation of the Active Directory database that is running on a given domain controller.
IPv4Address : Domain Controller IPv4 Address
IPv6Address : Domain Controller IPv6 Address
IsGlobalCatalog : Active Directory Global Catalog Status
IsReadOnly : Read-Only Domain Controllers Status
LdapPort : Domain Controller Ldap Port Number
Name : Domain Controller Computer Name
NTDSSettingsObjectDN : NTDS Settings Object Distinguished Name
OperatingSystem : Domain Controller Operation System
OperatingSystemHotfix : Domain Controller Operation Hotfix
OperatingSystemServicePack : Domain Controller Operation System Service Pack
OperatingSystemVersion : Domain Controller Operation System Version Build Number
OperationMasterRoles : Active Directory Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) Roles
Partitions : Domain Controller Partitions
ServerObjectDN : Server Object Distinguished Name
ServerObjectGuid : Server Object GUID Vaule
Site : Active Directory Site Name
SslPort : Domain Controller Ssl Port Number

You can customize the above criteria according to your needs and list them using the select command.

Example shell :

(Get-ADForest).Domains | % { Get-ADDomainController -Discover -DomainName $_ } | % { Get-ADDomainController -server $_.Name -filter * } | Select Name, Domain, Forest, IPv4Address, Site ,OperatingSystem, Operating
SystemVersion, OperationMasterRoles,IsGlobalCatalog | ft ( or Out-GridView)

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