Have you ever wanted to document your Active Directory to quite some detail, but you could not find a free tool available to get the job done? Wait no longer! Keep reading, you will like it!
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Amongst other scripts, Carl Webster has created an Active Directory documentation PowerShell script that is able to procedure a report in Word, PDF or HTML. The script must be executed on a Windows computer with at least PowerShell v3, RSAT and Word. In general you just require a regular user account with no specific privileges. However, if you want to gather DC specific information (e.g. hardware and services), you require Domain Admins equivalent privileges which is obvious.
More information about the AD documentation script can be found through the link: Documenting Microsoft Active Directory with Microsoft Word and PowerShell
All the scripts can be downloaded through the link: Where to Get Copies of the Various Documentation Scripts
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In my test/demo environment I executed the AD documentation PowerShell script using the following PowerShell command line:
.\ADDS_Inventory_v1.1.ps1 -PDF -Hardware -ADForest IAMTEC.NET -Hardware -Services -UserName "Jorge de Almeida Pinto" -CompanyName "IAM Technologies" -Verbose
Figure 1: Sample Output
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Figure 2: Sample Output
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Figure 3: Sample Output
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Figure 4: Sample Output
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To view a sample of the report you can click here. It displays all the information about my test/demo AD environment.
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Be aware, that if your AD is large and/or distributed (e.g. many AD domains, many DCs, many OUs, many objects, etc.), this documentation script may take some time to complete!
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Cheers,
Jorge
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