Determining When to Choose the Empty-Root Model

Security needs vary from organization to organization. A company that performs top-secret work for the military is going to have drastically different security issues than a company that manufactures toys. Consequently, if the needs of your organization require a greater amount of security, the peer-root domain model might be the right one for you.

An additional advantage that this type of environment gives you is the flexibility to rename domains, add domains, and essentially move in and out of subdomains without the need to rename the forest. Although the Domain Rename Tool exists in Windows Server 2012, undertaking this task is still complicated, and using the peer-root model can help to simplify ...

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