This PowerShell function retrieves information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers. I created it a while ago to do some basic reporting for Domains and Domain Name Servers.
function Get-enADDNSServerInformation
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers
.DESCRIPTION
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers
.PARAMETER Domain
A description of the Domain parameter.
.EXAMPLE
PS ~> Get-enADDNSServerInformation
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers, use the current domain
.EXAMPLE
PS ~> Get-enADDNSServerInformation | Export-CSV -Path C:\scripts\PowerShell\Reports\DNS_Zones.csv -NoTypeInformation -Force -Confirm:$false
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers, use the current domain and exports it to CSV
.EXAMPLE
PS ~> Get-enADDNSServerInformation | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10 | Set-Content -Path C:\scripts\PowerShell\Reports\DNS_Zones.json -Force -Confirm:$false
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers, use the current domain and exports it to a JSON File
.EXAMPLE
PS ~> Get-enADDNSServerInformation -Domain 'contoso.com'
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers in the Domain contoso.com
.EXAMPLE
PS ~> Get-enADDNSServerInformation -Domain 'contoso.com', 'corp.contoso.net'
Retrieve information about the Active Directory Domain Name Servers in the Domain contoso.com and corp.contoso.net
.OUTPUTS
psobject
.INPUTS
String
.NOTES
TODO: Need refactoring: Object handler sucks
TODO: Find a non WMI based Solution for this
Version: 1.0.1
GUID: 4404141a-1731-4786-8bbf-ee6706765050
Author: Joerg Hochwald
Companyname: enabling Technology
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2ß18-2019, enabling Technology - All rights reserved.
License: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
Releasenotes:
1.0.1 2019-07-26 Refactored, License change to BSD 3-Clause
1.0.0 2019-01-01 Initial Version
THIS CODE IS MADE AVAILABLE AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK OF THE USE OR THE RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THIS CODE REMAINS WITH THE USER.
.LINK
https://www.enatec.io
.LINK
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa393295(v=vs.85).aspx
.LINK
Get-ADDomainController
.LINK
Get-WmiObject
#>
[CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'None')]
[OutputType([psobject])]
param
(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
[string[]]
$Domain = ([DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain().Name.ToString())
)
begin
{
$DNSReport = @()
}
process
{
foreach ($DomainEach in $Domain)
{
$AllDomainControllers = (Get-ADDomainController -Filter {
Site -like '*' -and Domain -eq $DomainEach
} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name)
foreach ($SingleDomainController in $AllDomainControllers)
{
# Prevent Null Pointer Exceptions
if ($SingleDomainController)
{
# TODO: Find a non WMI based Solution for this
$Forwarders = (Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $SingleDomainController -Namespace root\MicrosoftDNS -Class MicrosoftDNS_Server -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
# TODO: Find a non WMI based Solution for this
$NetworkInterface = (Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $SingleDomainController -Query 'Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled=TRUE' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
$DNSReport += 1 | Select-Object -Property @{
name = 'DC'
expression = {
$SingleDomainController
}
}, @{
name = 'Domain'
expression = {
$DomainEach
}
}, @{
name = 'DNSHostName'
expression = {
$NetworkInterface.DNSHostName
}
}, @{
name = 'IPAddress'
expression = {
$NetworkInterface.IPAddress
}
}, @{
name = 'DNSServerAddresses'
expression = {
$Forwarders.ServerAddresses
}
}, @{
name = 'DNSServerSearchOrder'
expression = {
$NetworkInterface.DNSServerSearchOrder
}
}, @{
name = 'Forwarders'
expression = {
$Forwarders.Forwarders
}
}, @{
name = 'BootMethod'
expression = {
$Forwarders.BootMethod
}
}, @{
name = 'ScavengingInterval'
expression = {
$Forwarders.ScavengingInterval
}
}
}
}
}
}
end
{
$DNSReport
}
}
Get-enADDNSServerInformation | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation
This is also part of my open-source repository.