Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Summary

Windows Server 2012 provides fundamental technologies that assist organizations in implementing solutions for their branch offices. When dealing with branch offices that lack physical security and IT personnel, it is a best practice for organizations to leverage technologies such as RODCs when deploying domain controllers at their remote locations. The BranchCache feature also offers significant benefits for users in branch offices, specifically increased performance for cached content and the flexibility of distributed cache and hosted cache mode. BranchCache also addresses traveling user scenarios by scaling to store copies of cached data in multiple branch office locations so that users always have access to the most current data ...