Active Directory® for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Technical Reference

Summary

One of the key aspects to managing Windows Server 2003 Active Directory is understanding how replication works. A stable replication environment is crucial in maintaining an up-to-date copy of all directory information on all the domain controllers in the forest, which is essential to ensure consistent user logon and directory search performance. This chapter provided a description of how directory replication works. The chapter first described how the replication topology is created between Active Directory domain controllers in the same site, and between domain controllers in different sites. The chapter then described the actual process of replication, including how replication is optimized to minimize the amount of network traffic ...