RUN Command Shortcuts for Windows Server Administrative Tools

It is very difficult  every time we need to Click the Administrative Tools to entering into the Windows Services

So here some of the important Command Prompt Shortcuts to open the Administrative Tools.Enjoy...

Service	Command
AD Domains and Trusts	domain.msc
Active Directory Management	admgmt.msc
AD Sites and Services	dssite.msc
AD Users and Computers	dsa.msc
ADSI Edit	adsiedit.msc
Authorization manager	azman.msc
Certification Authority Management	certsrv.msc
Certificate Templates	certtmpl.msc
Cluster Administrator	cluadmin.exe
Computer Management	compmgmt.msc
Component Services	comexp.msc
Configure Your Server	cys.exe
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
DHCP Management	dhcpmgmt.msc
Disk Defragmenter	dfrg.msc
Disk Manager	diskmgmt.msc
Distributed File System	dfsgui.msc
DNS Management	dnsmgmt.msc
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc
Indexing Service Management	ciadv.msc
IP Address Manage	ipaddrmgmt.msc
Licensing Manager	llsmgr.exe
Local Certificates Management	certmgr.msc
Local Group Policy Editor	gpedit.msc
Local Security Settings Manager	secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups Manager	lusrmgr.msc
Network Load balancing	nlbmgr.exe
Performance Monitor	perfmon.msc
PKI Viewer	pkiview.msc
Public Key Management	pkmgmt.msc
QoS Control Management	acssnap.msc
Remote Desktops	tsmmc.msc
Remote Storage Administration	rsadmin.msc
Removable Storage	ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests	ntmsoprq.msc
Routing and Remote Access Manager	rrasmgmt.msc
Resultant Set of Policy	rsop.msc
Schema management	schmmgmt.msc
Services Management	services.msc
Shared Folders	fsmgmt.msc
SID Security Migration	sidwalk.msc
Telephony Management	tapimgmt.msc
Terminal Server Configuration	tscc.msc
Terminal Server Licensing	licmgr.exe
Terminal Server Manager	tsadmin.exe
UDDI Services Management	uddi.msc
Windows Management Instrumentation	wmimgmt.msc
WINS Server manager	winsmgmt.msc

How to Find Schema Version in Windows Servers

Introduction

This article lists known Active Directory schema versions and demonstrates multiple methods to retrieve the current schema version of a given forest.

Schema Version Table

Version	Corresponding Windows Server Version
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
13	Windows 2000 Server
30	Windows Server 2003
31	Windows Server 2003 R2
44	Windows Server 2008
47	Windows Server 2008 R2
56	Windows Server 2012
69	Windows Server 2012 R2
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
30	Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
30	Windows Server 2008
31	Windows Server 2008 R2
31	Windows Server 2012

 56             Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Retrieve the Schema Version

Note: The examples below assume the forest’s DNS name is “techsupportnew.local”.

Using ADSIEdit.msc

1. Start ADSIEdit.msc
2. In the left pane, right-click on ADSI Edit then click Connect to
3. Under Connection Point, select Schema as Well known naming context
4. Under Computer, enter techsupportnew.local
5. Click OK
6. In the left pane, click on Schema [techsupportnew.local]
7. In the middle pane, right-click on c=schema,cn=configuration… then click on Properties
8. Scroll-down to the attribute named objectVersion to see its value

 Using DSQuery

dsquery * cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=techsupportnew,dc=local -scope base -attr objectVersion

Using REPADMIN

The particularity of the REPADMIN tool is that can show the value of an attribute on all domain controllers. This ensure the replication happened correctly.

repadmin /showattr * cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=techsupportnew,dc=local /atts:ObjectVersion

Using PowerShell and System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“System.DyrectoryServices.ActiveDirectory”)
$Context = New-object System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext(“Forest”,”techsupportnew.local”)
$Schema = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySchema]::GetSchema($Context)
$DirEntry = $Schema.GetDirectoryEntry()
$DirEntry.objectVersion

Using PowerShell and Windows PowerShell module for Active Directory

Get-ADObject cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=techsupportnew,dc=local -properties objectVersion

Using PowerShell and Dell/Quest PowerShell Commands for Active Directory

Get-QADObject cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=techsupportnew,dc=local -ip objectversion

Or

Get-QADRootDSE | Format-List *

To mimic REPADMIN:

$Root = (Get-QADRootDSE).RootDomainNamingContext
Get-QADComputer -ComputerRole DomainController | Select Name,
@{l=’SchemaVersion’ ;e={(Get-QADObject “CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,$Root” -Service $_.Name -IncludedProperties objectversion).objectversion}},
@{l=’ForestFunctionality’ ;e={(Get-QADRootDSE -Service $_.Name).ForestFunctionality}},
@{l=’DomainFunctionality’ ;e={(Get-QADRootDSE -Service $_.Name).DomainFunctionality}}

Using Registry (from Server 2012)

Server 2012 introduces a registry value named Schema Version and located Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters.

This value will reflect the one exposed by the domain controller’s local schema replica of the of the Active Directory it belongs to.