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Change Domain Controllers Dialog Box

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

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Any writable Domain Controller

Select this option to find any available domain controller that is writable in the currently selected domain.

This Domain Controller or AD LDS instance

Select this option to either type the computer name or IP address for a domain controller or an Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) instance or select a domain controller from the list of domain controllers that are registered in the currently selected domain.

Look in this domain

Lists all available domains in the given forest.

Note
This pull-down menu is not visible in Active Directory Users and Computers.

<Type a Directory Server name[:port] here>

To connect to a domain controller, type in the computer name or IP address of a server that hosts this domain controller.

To connect to an AD LDS instance, type the computer name and the port number of a server that hosts this AD LDS instance.

Save this setting for the current console

Specifies whether to save the current domain controller focus for the given console. If you select this option, the next time that you open this console it will focus on the domain that is listed here.

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