Active Directory Cookbook

3.14. Finding the Number of Logon Attempts Made Against a Domain Controller

Problem

You want to find the number of logon requests a domain controller has processed.

Solution

The following query returns the number of logon requests processed:

> nltest /server:<DomainControllerName> /LOGON_QUERY

Discussion

The nltest /LOGON_QUERY command is a wrapper around the I_NetLogonControl2 method, and can be useful to determine how many logon requests are being processed by a server. Viewing the results of the command over a period of time and comparing them against a server in the same domain can also tell you if one server is being used significantly more or less than the others.

See Also

MSDN: I_NetLogonControl2