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How to place FSMO and Global Catalog roles in Active Directory
During installation of Active Directory on a Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 all FSMO roles will automatically be installed on the first server. But Best Practice dictates to move some of theese Flexible Single Master of Operation (FSMO) roles to seperate servers.
If you only have one domain controller (not recommended), there is nothing to do since all roles must be on this server, but if you have multiple servers you should move some of theese roles on to more servers. It is also important to be aware of what servers are Global Catalog servers, especially if you have more than one domain and even if only one domain, they will be prefered by applications like Exchange server.
Posted in Active Directory, Windows Server 2008 | 
Tags: Active Directory, AD, DC, Domain Controller, FSMO, Global Catalog, How To, Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 | 
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