PowerShell find all Server 2008 boxes in a domain

This script will find all Server 2008 (and Server 2008 R2) machines on your domain:

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$objDomain = [ADSI]”            
$objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher            
$objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain            
$objSearcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=computer)(operatingsystem=*Server 2008*))"            
$objSearcher.PageSize = 1000            
$colProplist = "*"            
foreach ($i in $colPropList){$objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($i)}            
$colResults = $objSearcher.FindAll()            
$Server2008 = @()            
foreach ($objResult in $colResults)             
{            
$Server2008 += $objResult.Properties.name            
} 

You can change the operatingsystem= line to gather the OS you are interested in.

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#1 by Dan Dill on April 8, 2010 - 19:23

Hello,

For some reason this didn’t work for me when I copied the code. I edited the $objDomain variable so not sure what was going on there. I ended up writing the same thing myself which worked for me as I just needed to pull the names of the machines. I think your script here pulls more details. Anyways, my code I posted here just fyi:

http://danstechnotes.blogspot.com/2010/04/powershell-script-to-find-specific-os.html

- #2 by karlmitschke on April 13, 2010 - 15:21
  
  I like your use of a function – I may modify mine to allow the same.
  
  Did you get an error running my script?