Active Directory Replication Types

Posted Posted in Server 2008

I find myself quite often trying to keep straight all the different replication activities that can occur within an Active Directory (AD) domain. There is: Intrasite Replication     Urgent Replication     Intersite Replication     Intersite Change Notification Replication     Reciprocal Replication     Immediate Replication     Manual Replication

Can I Virtualize ALL My DC’s In the Domain?

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With the advent of Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft has worked diligently to provide support for virtualization and allow corporations to reduce costs by virtualizing as much hardware as possible. New features in 2012 R2 help prevent USN rollback and/or Lingering objects via the new VM-Generation ID.  If a guest o/s is restored from a snapshot the VM-Generation Id that is stored in the DIT (msDS-GenerationID attribute on the DC’s computer object) is compared to the value on the Host.  If […]