Question

I have a script that I need to find the full Distinguished name (CN=MyComputer, OU=Computers, DC=vw, DC=local) of the computer it is running on, however I can not guarantee that the ActiveDirectory module will be available on all computers that this script will be run on. Is there a way to get the current computer’s full Distinguished name without using Get-ADComputer $Env:COMPUTERNAME?

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Just in case this is a XY problem, what I am trying to do is move the computer to a specific OU, but I need a way to get the ASDI entry for the computer I am running on.

[ADSI]$computer = ("LDAP://" + $localDN)
if($Production)
{
    [ADSI]$destination = 'LDAP://ou=Production,ou=Computers,ou=VetWeb,dc=vw,dc=local'
    $computer.MoveTo($destination);
}
else
{
    [ADSI]$destination = 'LDAP://ou=Test,ou=Computers,ou=VetWeb,dc=vw,dc=local'
    $computer.MoveTo($destination);
}

Answer 1

Try this (requires v2):

$filter = "(&(objectCategory=computer)(objectClass=computer)(cn=$env:COMPUTERNAME))"
([adsisearcher]$filter).FindOne().Properties.distinguishedname