DFS Namespaces Role Service Discovery (Windows Server 2016 and above)

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.10.0.RoleServiceDiscovery (Discovery)

This rule discovers all servers running Windows Server 2016 and above that have the DFS Namespaces role service installed.

Knowledge Base article:

Element properties:

Object Discovery Details:

Member Modules:

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.10.0.RoleServiceDiscovery" Enabled="true" Target="WS2016Disc!Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.10.0.RoleService">

      <Property TypeID="System!System.Entity" PropertyID="DisplayName"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" RunAs="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.NamespaceDiscoveryAccount" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider">

    <ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>DFS</AttributeName>

        <Path>SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dfs\Start</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>2</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

    </RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

    <Frequency>43200</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.10.0.RoleService"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RoleService"]/IsOnVirtualNode$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer"]/IsVirtualNode$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetbiosComputerName$</Value>

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Values/DFS</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>GreaterEqual</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">0</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Values/DFS</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>LessEqual</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">3</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>