Active Directory: See schema version

In this tutorial, I explain how to see the schema version of your Active Directory environment.

To do this, we will use PowerShell with the Get-ADObject cmdlet which will allow us to display the schema version.

View Active Directory Schema Version with PowerShell

Open a PowerShell window on a domain controller as administrator.

We will use Get-ADObject to display the schema version.

Enter the following cmdlet to display schema-related information.

Get-ADObject (Get-ADRootDSE).schemaNamingContext -properties objectVersion

The objectVersion property displays the schema version.

In the cmdlet return, look at the objectVersion property to get the Active Directory schema version.

List of schema versions based on Windows Server