Powershell: Get FQDN Hostname

Question

I want to retrieve the FQDN name of windows server via powershell script. I have found 2 solution so far:

$server =  Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {hostname} 

Above line will print just the short name of the server

$sysinfo = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem $server = “{0}.{1}” -f $sysinfo.Name, $sysinfo.Domain 

Above two line will get me the FQDN but this looks really nasty code to retrieve just the hostname :(

So, My question is, is there an easier way to get the FQDN in powershell. I am a bash/perl coder and recently picked up powershell.. so finding it difficult.

Thanks.

Answer 1

To get FQDN of local computer:

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName($env:computerName) 

or

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName($env:computerName).HostName 

To get FQDN of Remote computer:

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName('mytestpc1') 

or

For better formatted value use:

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName('mytestpc1').HostName 

• For remote machines make sure host is reachable.

Answer 2

How about: "$env:computername.$env:userdnsdomain"

This actually only works if the user is logged into a domain (i.e. no local accounts), logged into the same domain as the server, and doesn't work with disjointed name space AD configurations.

Use this as referenced in another answer:

$myFQDN=(Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).DNSHostName+"."+(Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).Domain ; Write-Host $myFQDN