The command to find the operating system name, and version of the computer in the Active directory is Get-AdComputer. This command has an OperatingSystem property that gets the operating system name.
PowerShell Get-AdComputer cmdlet in the active directory gets one or more active directory computer accounts using search criteria. It has an operating system name, and version attribute.
In a large organization, as a system administrator, it’s very important to have information about users, computers, and other objects in the active directory. Often we need the information to get adcomputer operating system version which can be helpful to apply policy, and upgrade OS jobs.
In this article, we will discuss how to get-adcomputer operating system in an active directory, and export a list of adcomputer operating systems to csv file using PowerShell.
Let’s understand using Get-AdComputer to find operating system with examples below
Get-AdComputer Operating System
You can get adcomputer operating system name, and version in the active directory using the below command
Get-ADComputer -filter * -Properties * | Select Name, OperatingSystem
In the above PowerShell script, it gets Get-AdComputer Operating System and Name using filter parameter with wildcard characters (*) to search within the active directory.
The output of above command to find adcomputer OS as below
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ADComputer -filter * -Properties * | Select Name, OperatingSystem
Name OperatingSystem
---- ---------------
ENGG-PRO Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
OPER-01 Windows 10 Pro
HR-101 Windows 10 Pro
PS C:\Windows\system32>Get all ADComputer Operating System in OU
You can get adcomputer operating system name and version details in specific OU using the below command
Get-ADComputer -filter * -SearchBase "OU=HR,DC=SHELLPRO,DC=LOCAL" -Properties OperatingSystem | Sort Name | Format-Table Name,Enabled,OperatingSystem -AutoSize
In the above PowerShell script, Get-AdComputer get computer account in OU specified by SearchBase criteria and pass the output to the second command.
Second command sorts by computer name and displays adcomputer operating system, name below
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ADComputer -filter * -SearchBase "OU=HR,DC=SHELLPRO,DC=LOCAL" -Properties OperatingSystem | Sort Name | Format-Table Name,Enabled,OperatingSystem -AutoSize
Name Enabled OperatingSystem
---- ------- ---------------
HR-101 True Windows 10 Pro
HR-102 True Windows 10 Pro
PS C:\Windows\system32>Get AdComputer Operating System filter by Server
If you have a requirement to find Windows Server 2019 Datacenter operating system for adcomputer accounts in the active directory, use the below command
Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -like '*Windows Server 2019*'}
In the above PowerShell script, it get adcomputer operating system filter by an operating system like Windows Server 2019
The output of the above command to get adcomputer operating system by server version as below
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Conclusion
I hope the above article helps you to get adcomputer operating system name and operating system version in the active directory using the Get-AdComputer cmdlet.
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