Hi,
this post describes the command line to get a list of all subnets for an Active Directory Site. The ds* commands are part of the Active Directory tools on Server and of RSAT Tools on Windows 7-10.
Continue reading Active Directory: Command line to get all subnets for a site
Hi,
there are multiple active console connections and you want to know who are currently connected?
Continue reading VMware: List Users who have a active Console Connection to a virtual machine
Hi,
just a short post :-). A powershell script to get the NetBIOS Name of an Active Directory Domain
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# Gets the NetBIOS Domain
# Author Michael Albert michlstechblog.info
# License: GPL v2
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[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.DirectoryServices.Protocols")|Out-Null
if($args.count -ne 1){
Write-Warning " Start script with fqdn as parameter"
Write-Warning (" for example: "+$myInvocation.myCommand.name+" yourdomain.com")
exit 1
}
$sDomainName=$args[0]
# Get AD Root
$oRootDSE = [ADSI]"LDAP://RootDSE"
$sConfig = $oRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext")
# AD Object AD Root
$oADSearchRoot=New-object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=Partitions," + $sConfig)
# Search for Netbiosname of the specified domain
$sSearchString="(&(objectclass=Crossref)(dnsRoot="+$sDomainName+")(netBIOSName=*))"
$oSearch=New-Object directoryservices.DirectorySearcher($oADSearchRoot,$sSearchString)
$sNetBIOSName=($oSearch.FindOne()).Properties["netbiosname"]
# Print out
Write-Host "Domain NetBIOS Name:" $sNetBIOSName
Have fun :-)!
Michael