PowerShell: Using Active Directory .Net methods in PowerShell Part 2

Powershell has the incredible ability to run some .Net methods natively.  Some of this data can also be gathered using AD commandlets. Read Part 1 for others.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Get a Computer’s Site:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySite]::GetComputerSite()

Get a User’s Domain:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain().Name

Get a Computer’s Domain:

 [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetComputerDomain().Name

List Active Directory FSMOs:

([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest()).SchemaRoleOwner
([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest()).NamingRoleOwner

([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).InfrastructureRoleOwner
([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).PdcRoleOwner
([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).RidRoleOwner

List All Domain Controllers in a Domain:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain().DomainControllers 

 Get Active Directory Domain Mode:

 [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain().DomainMode   

 Get Trusts for current Active Directory Domain:

([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).GetAllTrustRelationships()

Get Active Directory Forest Name:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Name

Get a List of Sites in the Active Directory Forest:

[array] $ADSites = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Sites

Get Active Directory Forest Domains:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Domains

Get Active Directory Forest Global Catalogs:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().GlobalCatalogs

Get Active Directory Forest Application Partitions:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().ApplicationPartitions

Get Active Directory Forest Mode:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().ForestMode 

Get Active Directory Forest Root Domain:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().RootDomain 

Get Active Directory Forest Schema DN:

[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest().Schema