Validating with the Business

In addition to evaluating the decision in this step against IT-related criteria, the effect of the decision on the business should also be validated. The following question has been known to affect domain controller placement decisions:

  • Are there any users who travel frequently to satellite locations and who require high-performance logon and directory services in those locations? A domain may be required in some satellite locations to provide a local experience for traveling users.

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