1. Active Directory Sites
2.1
Plan Active Directory
Active Directory Sites
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2. Section Skill Overview
Manage Active Directory sites and subnets.
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3. Key Terms
Site Links
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4. Key Definitions
Site Links: Site links represent the logical paths that the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) uses to establish the intersite connectivity for Active Directory replication.
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5. Active Directory Sites
Sites control domain services replication.
Sites ensure users are directed to local resources.
Sites mirror the physical environment.
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6. Site Design
Create separate sites for each WAN link except where no local site-aware applications exist.
Domain Controllers
Distributed File System (DFS) replicas
Third-party site-aware applications
Provide ample bandwidth within a site.
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7. Site Concepts
Computers are assigned to sites based on their IP address.
Each computer is directed to resources in its own site.
Clients in sites with no domain controller are referred to the nearest site.
Site proximity is determined by Site Link cost.
Try Next Closest Site must be enabled.
Right-click on GPO and edit.
Select DC Locator DNS Records.
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8. Site Concepts
Disable DCs from registering generic (non-site-specific) domain controllers. locator records in DNS
Limit domain controller authentication in two ways:
Set AutoSiteCoverage to 0 in the DC registry.
Disable using Group Policy.
Implement only when absolutely necessary.
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9. Configuring Sites Create site Rename Default-First-Site-Name.
Create additional sites as needed.
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10. Configuring Sites Create site. Create the subnet and associate it with
Rename Default-First-Site-Name.
Create additional sites as needed.
Create the subnet and associate it with
the site.
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11. Configuring Sites Create site Create subnet and associate to site.
Rename Default-First-Site-Name.
Create additional sites as needed.
Create subnet and associate to site.
Create site link objects.
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12. Configuring Sites Create site Create subnet and associate to site.
Rename Default-First-Site-Name.
Create additional sites as needed.
Create subnet and associate to site.
Create site link objects.
Adjust site link object cost, schedule, and frequency.
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13. Site Facts
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14. Site Facts
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15. In-Class Practice Do the following labs:
2.1.5 Manage Sites and Subnets
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16. Class Discussion How are dynamic site assignments made?
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