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Dsquery
Homepage: Dsquery at Microsoft
Dsquery is a command-line tool that is built into Windows Server 2008. It is available if you have the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) server role installed. To use dsquery, you must run the dsquery command from an elevated command prompt. To open an elevated command prompt, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
Search for domain controlers in actual tree/forest
dsquery server
Search in given domain forest
dsquery server -d <domain>
Show complete forest
dsquery server -forest
Show sites
dsquery subnet -limit 0 | dsget subnet | select-string <sitename>
Example:
dsquery subnet -limit 0 | dsget subnet | select-string SITE2 CN=172.16.1.0/24,CN=Subnets,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad,DC=lab,DC=de Stuttgart SITE2 CN=172.16.2.0/24,CN=Subnets,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad,DC=lab,DC=de Huenfeld SITE2 CN=172.16.3.0/24,CN=Subnets,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad,DC=lab,DC=de Kerry SITE2
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