Show Active Directory colored computerlist

This is a way to display all computer objects in Active Directory of the type “Server”. If the server is reachable, then display the name in green, otherwise red.

Get-ADComputer -filter 'OperatingSystem -like "*Server*"' -SearchBase 'dc=laakie,dc=local' | 
ForEach-Object {
  $rtn = Test-Connection -CN $_.dnshostname -Count 1 -BufferSize 16 -Quiet
  IF($rtn -match 'True') {write-host -ForegroundColor green $_.dnshostname}
  ELSE { Write-host -ForegroundColor red $_.dnshostname }
}

Get-ADComputer -filter 'OperatingSystem -like "*Server*"' -SearchBase 'dc=laakie,dc=local' |

ForEach-Object {

$rtn = Test-Connection -CN $_.dnshostname -Count 1 -BufferSize 16 -Quiet

IF($rtn -match 'True') {write-host -ForegroundColor green $_.dnshostname}

ELSE { Write-host -ForegroundColor red $_.dnshostname }

}

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