Get-ADTrust: inventory adtrust under AD/DNS change control

Use this document to resolve one bounded operational decision: Get-ADTrust: inventory adtrust under AD/DNS change control. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting.

Source fact:

The official Get-ADTrust from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements:

• At DESCRIPTION, Microsoft states: “The Get-ADTrust cmdlet returns all of the trusted domain objects in the directory.” The research record locates this support at DESCRIPTION.
• At Example 1: Get all trusted domain objects in a forest, Microsoft states: “This command gets all of the trusted domain objects in the forest.” The research record locates this support at Example 1: Get all trusted domain objects in a forest.

Do not import neighboring assumptions into the source record. The supported task is a scoped comparison involving Active Directory objects, search bases, domain controllers, delegated roles, cmdlet parameters, and the DNS paths used to locate directory services and the conditions the source actually describes.

What the source does not establish

The cited page and retained statements do not establish the current state of any DSE or customer environment, prove that the documented configuration is applicable, or authorize a production change. Confirm supported versions, dependencies, and the current live source before use. It does not establish a deployment’s current state, authorize a production change, prove compliance, or show that Active Directory replication, Windows DNS, domain-controller location, time, network reachability, privileges, and protected credentials are healthy. Documented options are review inputs, not universal mandates.

Applicability questions

• For source statement 1 at DESCRIPTION, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?
• For source statement 2 at Example 1: Get all trusted domain objects in a forest, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?
• What inventory proves which parts of Active Directory objects, search bases, domain controllers, delegated roles, cmdlet parameters, and the DNS paths used to locate directory services are in and out of scope?
• Which condition in Active Directory replication, Windows DNS, domain-controller location, time, network reachability, privileges, and protected credentials must be healthy before evidence is trustworthy?
• What result would disprove the working assumption and return the issue to the owner?

DSE recommendation:

DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Use a two-person review for the source interpretation and the resulting operational decision. Record the source location, examined part of Active Directory objects, search bases, domain controllers, delegated roles, cmdlet parameters, and the DNS paths used to locate directory services, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.

For an approved change, define prerequisites, a limited test path, success and stop conditions, monitoring, and rollback. Check Active Directory replication, Windows DNS, domain-controller location, time, network reachability, privileges, and protected credentials in design order. Protect credentials, keys, recovery material, personal data, and sensitive topology in evidence.

Verification and evidence

Evidence should let another reviewer reproduce this decision. Retain observations beside the traced locations DESCRIPTION; Example 1: Get all trusted domain objects in a forest. Favor sanitized command transcripts, parameter records, directory exports, authorization records, DNS locator tests, and before-and-after state, linked to stable identifiers, time, and operator.

Label this evidence set DSE-20260827-146 so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review.

Keep before-state evidence, approval, test or change result, exceptions, and after-state evidence together. Use an approved lab, window, or nonproduction path for risky tests. Set a recheck trigger for version, architecture, dependency, vendor, incident, or ownership change. A check proves only what was observed.

Official references

• Get-ADTrust — Microsoft