Using Active Directory Users and Computers to inventory domain controllers

Active Directory Users and Computers allows for querying the entire Active Directory domain for either Writable Domain Controllers and Read-only Domain Controllers in the following way:

  1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers, (dsa.msc).
  2. In the left navigation pane, right-click the target domain name for which you want to inventory the domain controllers.
  3. Select Find.
  4. In the Find drop-down box, select Computers.
  5. In the Role drop-down box, select Writable Domain Controllers or Read-Only Domain Controllers.
  6. Click Find Now.

The list of domain controllers for the domain is now shown in the search results pane.