Finding the Active Directory schema version

When the Domain Controller upgrade take place, the Active Directory schema must be extended in order to enable the new features. This extension causes the increment of schema version.

This is a summary of schema versions relative to Windows editions.

Procedure

To find current Active Directory schema there are different ways:

• Registry
• Command Prompt
• PowerShell

Registry

Open the Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters\<Schema Version>

Command Prompt

Using the dsquery command, from the Command Prompt type the following:

dsquery * cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=domain,dc=com -scope base -attr objectVersion"

Just replace dc=domain, dc=com with your configuration.

C:\>dsquery * cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=nolabnoparty,dc=local -scope base -attr objectVersion"

PowerShell

Launch the PowerShell ActiveDirectory module and type the following command to get the schema version.

Get-ADObject "cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=domain,dc=com" -properties objectversion

Replace dc=domain, dc=com with your configuration.

PS C:\>Import-Module ActiveDirectory
PS C:\>Get-ADObject "cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=nolabnoparty,dc=local" -properties objectversion

These methods allows you to easily identify the Active Directory schema version in use in your environment.