Tag: GetADForest

Jul 09 2014

PowerShell: Using Active Directory .Net methods in PowerShell Part 1

There are times you don’t have access to the Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets. One of the great things about PowerShell is the ability to use .Net in PowerShell scripts. For more, check out Part 2. Here are some alternatives to using Get-ADForest & Get-Domain:   # Get Active Directory Forest Information $ADForestInfo = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest() $ADForestInfo.Name …

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Jun 26 2014

PowerShell: Get Active Directory Instantiation Date

  The Scripting Guys blog posted a very useful script on how to determine when the Active Directory Forest was stood up.   ############################# # Get AD Instantiation Date # ############################# # Code from: http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/01/05/how-to-find-active-directory-schema-update-history-by-using-powershell.aspx write-output “Checking Active Directory Creation Date… ” `r write-output “Displaying AD partition creation information ” `r Import-Module ActiveDirectory Get-ADObject -SearchBase …

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