Managing Domains and Forests in Active Directory with PowerShell
This guide covers the main PowerShell commands for managing and administering domains and forests in an Active Directory environment. Here you will find...
10-15 min
Managing Domains and Forests in Active Directory with PowerShell
This guide covers the main PowerShell commands for managing and administering domains and forests in an Active Directory environment. You'll find examples and explanations for listing domains and forests, adding domains, and managing specific settings.
Listing Domains and Forests in the Active Directory Environment
To get information about the domains and forests in your Active Directory environment, use the following commands.
1. List all domains in the forest
# Gets the list of all domains in the current forest
(Get-ADForest).Domains
- Purpose: Retrieve all domains in the Active Directory forest.
- Explanation: The
Get-ADForestcommand returns global information about the forest, including the list of domains. The.Domainsproperty displays these domains as a list.
2. Get information about the Active Directory forest
# Displays general information about the forest
Get-ADForest
- Purpose: Get details about the Active Directory forest, including the forest functional level, the schema master, the forest name, and more.
- Explanation:
Get-ADForestprovides comprehensive information about the forest, which is useful for identifying the main domain controllers, the functional level, and child domains.