Settings active directory sites and services

Question

Hello. I have 50 controllers to read and 10 global catalog.

I don't understand how I need to configure the sites and transport.

Answer 1

you have to do this..

1)First create a new SITE, for example UK, and select the DEFAULTIPSITELINK

2) Then create the SUBNET with the ip subnet related to the site (immagine that the headquarter has 172.16.0.0/16, but the UK has 172.17.0.0/16)

3)then move your DC according to where (SITE) are they... (to move just drag and drop)
4)then select for each the transport protocol (IP or SMTP).

Finally for the intersite transport, you will have one SITELINK for each site (hab and spoke topology) where there is into each of them the main site and the remote site. see this example

Answer 2

Hi @Андрей Михалевский

With limited information it's difficult to provide any advice. Probably the best start point is to read the AD Site Topology design .

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/plan/designing-the-site-topology

Gary.

Answer 3

I do not understand, when we create a site and specify a replication partner, it will only work if there is a link between the sites specified in sites->Inter-Sites Transports ?

Answer 4

I know how to do it. I don't understand how it works.

How do steps 1 and 4 work together?

Answer 5

see this good guide