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Michael Pryor
Asked: 2010-06-25 07:38:17 +0800 CST

How can I find the actual machine our Active Directory server is on?

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I know the name of the Domain, but I need to RDC to the actual computer to add someone and the sysadmins are on vacation. Anyone know how I can figure out the IP for the DOMAIN?

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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The environment variable %LOGONSERVER% stores the name of the Domain Controller that authenticated your logon.

    echo %LOGONSERVER%
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  2. You could use this command from cmd prompt:

    gpresult /R

    Then look for this line in the output:

    Group Policy was applied from: server.domain.com
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  3. If you just need to RDC to it, you can just type in your DNS Domain Name.
    For example, if you're in the example.com domain, you can RDC to "example.com" and get one of the Domain Controllers.

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  4. Mostly AD will be the same as your DNS server which you can find by typing:

    ipconfig /all

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  5. From the command prompt you can also run "systeminfo" which will echo the Logon Server and other info.

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