Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Chapter 7. Active Directory Infrastructure

In This Chapter

• Understanding AD DS Replication in Depth

• Understanding Active Directory Sites

• Planning Replication Topology

• Outlining Windows Server 2012 IPv6 Support

• Detailing Real-World Replication Designs

• Deploying Read-Only Domain Controllers

In an ideal world, all areas of your network would be connected with high-capacity links, and every server would communicate with each other without latency or congestion. Alas, no real networks work this way, and traffic concerns must be considered in all but the smallest, single-server Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) structure. Windows Server 2012 expands upon the AD DS replication capabilities introduced with the original Active Directory ...