The following Script stub will query AD for all active Windows 2008 Servers (can be tweaked) and create a collection of those servers. # ###################################################################### # - Section for gathering Windows Server Information ... # -- Define Global Variables -- $strCategory = "computer" $strOS = "*2008*" # -- Get AD information -- $objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain $objSearcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=$strCategory)(operatingSystem=$strOS)(name=*)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))" # - define Attributes to find - $colProplist = "name" foreach ($i in $colPropList){$return=$objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($i)} # - Find all Computers that fit the Search profile $colResults = $objSearcher.FindAll() # -- Format the Output --