How to determine current domain controller in Client Machine / Server Machine ?



Go To Command Prompt and type

 SET L  which will show the logged on user is authenticated  to which DC

to know which DC the computer is authenticated to Type 

 nltest /SC_QUERY:YOURDOMAIN.COM

find out to which Site a computer currently belongs
  nltest /dsgetsite


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