vSphere Host Placement and Configuration

You need to consider where to place vSphere hosts based on your existing Active Directory configuration. In a physical Active Directory deployment domain, controllers should be located close to users, and this should also hold true for your virtual Active Directory deployment. Placing domain controllers close to users will facilitate local logons and prevent expensive wide-area network (WAN) bandwidth utilization by user logon traffic. Domain controllers should be located close to users. For smaller remote offices, domain controllers could be configured as part of a remote office/branch office (ROBO) solution that might include a file server and other application servers such as Exchange or SQL Server. ...

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