{"id":4207,"date":"2013-02-05T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2013\/02\/05\/powertip-use-powershell-to-check-your-ad-ds-domain-mode\/"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-use-powershell-to-check-your-ad-ds-domain-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-powershell-to-check-your-ad-ds-domain-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Check Your AD DS Domain Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"font-size: 12px\">Summary:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px\">&nbsp;Use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet from the ActiveDirectory module to check for the domain mode of your AD DS domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/q-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Question\" \/>&nbsp;How can I easily find out the domain mode of my Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain by using a Windows PowerShell cmdlet?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/a-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer\" \/>&nbsp;Use the&nbsp;<strong>Get-ADDomain<\/strong>&nbsp;cmdlet and select the&nbsp;<strong>domainMode<\/strong>&nbsp;property. It is also a good idea to select the&nbsp;<strong>DistinguishedName<\/strong>&nbsp;at the same time. This technique is shown here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">11:51 C:\\&gt; Get-ADDomain | select domainMode, DistinguishedName<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; domainMode DistinguishedName<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Windows2008Domain DC=Nwtraders,DC=Msft<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:&nbsp;Use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet from the ActiveDirectory module to check for the domain mode of your AD DS domain. &nbsp;How can I easily find out the domain mode of my Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain by using a Windows PowerShell cmdlet? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-ADDomain&nbsp;cmdlet and select the&nbsp;domainMode&nbsp;property. It is also a good idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-4207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Summary:&nbsp;Use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet from the ActiveDirectory module to check for the domain mode of your AD DS domain. &nbsp;How can I easily find out the domain mode of my Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain by using a Windows PowerShell cmdlet? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-ADDomain&nbsp;cmdlet and select the&nbsp;domainMode&nbsp;property. 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