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dsquery can give wrong results?

if the AD database is not maintained right, we could have wrong result in the following scenario:

The server is still in the database. so dsquery brings it back, but in reality, that server was trashed last year..

what about the other way:
can a server be on the domain and not in the AD database and hence not reported by dsquery ?

I think the problem is dsquery  is not real time, right?
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this is just a regular server.

in the other scenario,
if the server is good and working on the domain fine, will it be in the AD database guaranteed? (is there potential for human error/oversight that there may not be an entry for this  machine on the AD)
Only machines that have been joined to your domain will exist in AD.
Linux and UNix server for example won't always appear in AD unless they've been added.
Normally they don't get added, but the possibility exists.
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in other words, if the machine is working well  on a domain, will dsquery *always* catch it and bring it back in the result?
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ok, great.