PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Printers Published in Active Directory

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 to find printers published in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

 How do I use Windows PowerShell on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 to find printers published in AD DS?

 Use the Get-Printer function and pipe it to the Where-Object while filtering for the published property. The simple Windows PowerShell 3.0 syntax is shown here, where ? is an alias for Where-Object.

Get-Printer -ComputerName dc1 | ? published

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