Replication Topology Generation

One of the keys to understanding Active Directory replication is understanding how the replication topology is created. By default, the process of creating the replication topology is handled automatically by Active Directory. While the replication topology can be manually configured, in most cases the default configuration by the system is the best option.

Knowledge Consistency Checker

KCC is the process that runs on every domain controller and is responsible for creating the replication topology within a site and between sites. As soon as a second domain controller is added to the Active Directory forest, KCC begins creating a replication topology that is both efficient and fault tolerant. As additional domain controllers ...

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