{"id":4611,"date":"2023-02-03T08:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4611"},"modified":"2023-02-03T08:25:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:25:41","slug":"how-to-determine-if-a-dc-is-a-global-catalog-gc-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4611","title":{"rendered":"How to Determine if a DC Is a Global Catalog (GC) Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several ways to find out if a Domain Controller has the Global Catalog role enabled. In this article, we\u2019ll see how to determine this using the graphical user interface (GUI and PowerShell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using the graphical user interface (GUI)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After you connect to DC, open the&nbsp;<strong>Active Directory Sites and Services<\/strong>&nbsp;console. Expand the&nbsp;<strong>Sites<\/strong>&nbsp;container until you find the DC you want to check. Right-click&nbsp;<strong>NTDS Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;and then click&nbsp;<strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dtonias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/determine-global-catalog-server-02.png\" alt=\"Determine if a DC is a Global Catalog (GC) server\" class=\"wp-image-1343\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here, on the&nbsp;<strong>General<\/strong>&nbsp;tab, you can see if the Domain Controller has enabled the&nbsp;<strong>Global Catalog<\/strong>&nbsp;role or not.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dtonias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/determine-global-catalog-server-03.png\" alt=\"Determine if a DC is a Global Catalog (GC) server\" class=\"wp-image-1344\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using PowerShell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To check on the current DC you are connected to, use the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Get-ADDomainController | <strong>ft<\/strong> Name,IsGlobalCatalog<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To check all DCs on a Site, use the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Get-ADDomainController-Filter {Site-eq &#8216;Default-First-Site-Name&#8217;}} | <strong>FT<\/strong> Name,IsGlobalCatalog<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To check all DCs in a Forest, use the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Get-ADForest meraki.edu | <strong>FL<\/strong> GlobalCatalogs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dtonias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/determine-global-catalog-server-04.png\" alt=\"Determine if a DC is a Global Catalog (GC) server\" class=\"wp-image-1345\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ref: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways to find out if a Domain Controller has the Global Catalog role enabled. In this article, we\u2019ll see how to determine this using the graphical user interface (GUI and PowerShell. Using the graphical user interface (GUI) After you connect to DC, open the&nbsp;Active Directory Sites and Services&nbsp;console. Expand the&nbsp;Sites&nbsp;container until you <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4611\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[1490,1491],"class_list":["post-4611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-windows-servers","tag-determine-global-catalog-server","tag-find-out-gc-server-in-an-active-directory"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4612,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4611\/revisions\/4612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}