title: Querying AD from Powershell
body: <p>I'm new to Powershell and AD. I have troubles using AD module for PS. I get the following error using any command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Get-ADDomain : Unable to contact the server. This may be because this server does not exist, it is currently down, or it does not have the Active Directory Web Services 
  running.
  At line:2 char:1
  + Get-ADDomain -Current LocalComputer
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (lon.intensive.int:ADDomain) [Get-ADDomain], ADServerDownException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:0,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADDomain
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is interesting I'm able to use ADExplorer and see domain, users and all their attributes. How does ADExplorer differ from scripts in Powershell?</p>