Exploring a Placeholder Domain Real-World Design Example

CompanyE is an architectural firm with major offices located in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Administration is centralized in New York, but regional administration takes place in Rio de Janeiro, London, and Tokyo. The company has recently migrated to AD DS and has chosen to deploy a placeholder domain model for its organization that looks similar to Figure 5.15.

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Figure 5.15. Complex AD DS placeholder domain structure.

All users authenticate to geographically centric subdomains. In addition, the administrators ...

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