Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2012-11-19

Use the Get-DomainController cmdlet to view a list of domain controllers that exist in your organization.

Syntax

Get-DomainController [-Credential <NetworkCredential>] [-DomainName <Fqdn>]
Get-DomainController -GlobalCatalog <SwitchParameter> [-Credential <NetworkCredential>] [-Forest <Fqdn>]

Detailed Description

The Get-DomainController cmdlet is used by the Exchange Management Console and the Exchange Control Panel in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to populate fields that display domain controller information.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Active Directory Domain Services server settings" entry in the Exchange and Shell Infrastructure Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

GlobalCatalog

Required

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

The GlobalCatalog switch specifies whether the command should return a list of global catalog servers.

Credential

Optional

System.Net.NetworkCredential

The Credential parameter specifies the credentials to use to access the domain specified if the DomainName parameter is used. If the Forest parameter is used, the credentials are used to access the forest. This parameter requires the creation and passing of a credential object. This credential object is created by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. For more information, see Get-Credential.

DomainName

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The DomainName parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain for which you want to return a list of domain controllers.

Forest

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The Forest parameter specifies the FQDN of the root domain of the forest for which you want to return a list of domain controllers.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example retrieves a list of global catalog servers in the corp.contoso.com domain.

Because a different set of credentials are required to access this domain, the Get-Credential cmdlet is used to obtain the user name and password from the user. The Get-Credential cmdlet displays a prompt to the user that accepts the user name and password. The credentials are then stored in the $UserCredentials variable.

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$UserCredentials = Get-Credential

The $UserCredentials variable is then passed to the Credential parameter in the Get-DomainController command. To make the list more readable, the output is piped to the Format-Table cmdlet and only the Name and ADSite properties are displayed.

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Get-DomainController -DomainName corp.contoso.com -Credential $UserCredentials | Format-Table -AutoSize Name, ADSite

For more information about pipelining and the Format-Table cmdlet, see Pipelining and Working with Command Output.