title: Active Directory Powershell - Get OU details
body: <p>Below is the code: PowerShell 2.0</p>
  
  <pre><code>$DomainDN = Get-ADDomain -Server $svr | Select DistinguishedName | Out-String
  $CountryDN = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Server $svr -LDAPFilter '(name=Countries)' -SearchBase '$DomainDN' -SearchScope 0 | Select DistinguishedName | Out-String
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Upon execution I get the below error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Get-ADOrganizationalUnit : The supplied distinguishedName must belong to one of the following partition(s): 'CN=Configuration,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , CN=Sche
  ma,CN=Configuration,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , DC=eul,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , DC=DomainDns
  Zones,DC=eul,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com'.
  At line:3 char:38
  + $CountryDN = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;  -Server $svr -LDAPFilter '(name=Countries)' -SearchBase '$DomainDN' -SearchScope 0 | Select DistinguishedName | Out-String
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ADOrganizationalUnit], ArgumentException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : The supplied distinguishedName must belong to one of the following partition(s): 'CN=Configuration,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , CN= 
     Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , DC=eul,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com , DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com ,
     DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=eul,DC=lab,DC=mydomain,DC=com'.,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADOrganizationalUnit
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can someone please help?</p>