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In this Ask an Admin, I’ll show you how to use the Global Search feature, which was introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2, to search for Active Directory objects across all domains in a forest.
Global Search is a feature of the Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) in Windows Server 2012 R2 that allows administrators to perform searches across all domains in a forest – and against domain controllers – rather than being restricted to the index of a global catalog (GC) server that don’t contain all object attributes. Complex search criteria can be used, and if required, that criteria can be converted to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) queries for use in other applications.
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Log on to Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller as a domain administrator and follow the instructions below.
You can also edit or enter queries in LDAP to create more complex searches that would not otherwise be possible using the GUI.
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