Do Many Roaming Users Work at the Location?

Roaming users need to contact a global catalog server whenever they log on for the first time at any location. Therefore, a global catalog server should be placed at locations that include many roaming users. Often, too many logons over the WAN link can cause significant WAN traffic and cause performance degradation and production loss.

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