Check page redirects via PowerShell

Question

I'm working on RDWeb access solution and wanted to check that the RDS hosts when typed in an Internet Explorer page redirect to https://rds.ca.org/rdweb

For example I wanted to check via a PowerShell script if I type srdshost01 or 02 or 03 or 04 in an IE page it should get me the redirected link.

Answer 1

You could post an HttpWebRequest to the URL using the alternative host name and check wether the response was sent from the redirected URL:

$response = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create("http://srdshost01").GetResponse()
$isRedirected = $response.ResponseUri -eq "https://rds.ca.org/rdweb"