Multi-Site, single-domain setup question about? Which DC authenticates login’s?

Ingram87 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:53:42 +0000

I have a single domain/forest setup. I recently created a second site in active directory and added a domain controller to it. Both DC’s are server 2003.

At the new site with the new DC, I run the command “echo %logonserver%” on a workstation, and it replies back with the old domain controller name. This leads me to believe that the workstations at the new site are authentication to the DC at the other site.

I want the workstations at the new site to authenticate to the new DC that is part of their site. How will I make this happen? I read some stuff saying that I would have to make the new DC a global catalog server, however, I also read some stuff saying that secondary global catalog servers are useless unless you have a multi-domain setup.

Does anybody have some experience in this area?

Update schema for Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers into Windows Server 2003 forest?

JimmyIT — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:09:18 +0000

We are going to put Windows server 2008 R2 64 domain
controllers into an existing windows server 2003 forest. All 2003 domain controllers are 32 bit. Will i need to update the schema for this?

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Multi-Site, single-domain setup question about? Which DC authenticates login’s?

Update schema for Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers into Windows Server 2003 forest?