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Exploring the Forest

Discover AD structure with PowerShell

Beginner~10 mincontoso.com
Exploring the Forest
PS C:\>
Forest
Domain
DC
OU
Sites

Step 1 of 8

Welcome to contoso.com

In this lab you will explore the contoso.com Active Directory environment using real PowerShell cmdlets.

An AD Forest is the top-level container — it holds one or more domains, a shared schema, and a global catalog. Every object in Active Directory lives inside a forest.

Click "Continue" to begin exploring.

Objectives

  • Discover the Forest
  • Narrow the View
  • Explore the Domain
  • Key Domain Properties
  • Find Domain Controllers
  • DC Details
SourceSudo

Content sourced from Microsoft Documentation, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, NIST SP 800-63/171, adsecurity.org (Sean Metcalf), SpecterOps research, and SANS Reading Room. For educational purposes only.