Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
• Use RODCs to allow for local DC functionality in sites with lessened security.
• Consider using virtualized DC cloning to more quickly deploy virtualized DCs.
• Consider installing dedicated DCs using Server Core, to reduce the overall security profile that a server presents.
• Use the automatically generated connection objects that are created by the KCC, unless a specific reason exists to hard-code replication pathways.
• Ensure that all your sites listed in DNS contain the appropriate SRV records.
• Use the new PowerShell replication commandlets to troubleshoot and validate AD DS replication.
• Consider using IPv6 for environments consisting of Windows 7/Vista and Windows ...
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