Find name of Active Directory domain controller

On any computer, that has DNS configured to use AD’s DNS server do:

  • Start -> Run -> nslookup 

    set type=all
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.DOMAIN_NAME

Replace DOMAIN_NAME with the actual domain name e.g. example.com. Read more here.

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