Microsoft Domain Controller Health Check
Free microsoft tools to check microsoft active directory health.
Microsoft domain controller health check. Using dcdaig tool you can verfiy following ad compnonets are working fine or not. Top 5 free microsoft tools for active directory health. Dcdiag is a microsoft windows command line utility that can analyze the state of domain controllers in a forest or enterprise.
The event viewer is always a must. The dcdiag tool is a microsoft command line utility that can be used to check the health of active directory domain controllers. Of an active directory health check it.
Command line tool to perform various domain controller tests to help confirm health and diagnose problems. Use dcdiag with powershell to check domain controller health adam bertram thu apr 18 2019 thu apr 18 2019 active directory powershell 26 one of the oldest and most useful tools to figure out what s going on in your active directory environment is dcdiag. Adminprep is not up right now so i ll post the health check stuff here.
Running dcdiag tests with a powershell boost dcdiag or domain controller diagnostics is the microsoft approved way of validating active directory services. You can use it for a variety of tasks including but not limited to checking the health of your domain controllers and testing dns. Troubleshoot active directory replication errors.
Part of the support tools suite 2000 2003 or included by default in. For example it s needed for cleaning up if a domain controller isn t demoted cleanly. Check dns registration.
Let s dive right in. These tests give you a brief overview of the overall health of your active directory domain controller. Years ago when i was contacted by a staffer who said a domain controller wasn t replicating.