Task 1: Determine the Site Link Design

Active Directory automatically creates the default-first-site-link. When all sites in the design are connected and have the same connectivity and availability to one another, a single site link can be used to represent the links between the sites. This full mesh design assumes that all sites are well connected and that there is no need to design specific links between sites. This approach simplifies the design by eliminating the need to design site links, as well as automatically configuring the site link structure.

Since the connectivity and availability of the links are identical, the replication schedule, interval, and cost will be configured identically. This choice is only useful when all of the sites ...

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