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Server Administration 2012 Lab-40 Configuring Global Catalog Server

GLOBAL CATALOG, SITES, and READ ONLY DOMAIN CONTROLLER
Pre-requisites: Before working on this lab, you must have
1. A computer running windows 2012 server Domain Controller.
2. A computer running windows 2012 server.

Domain:MICROSOFT.COM

SYS1
Domain Controller
IP Address 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask 255.0.0.0
Preferred DNS 10.0.0.1
Alternate DNS ----------

SYS2
Read Only Domain controller
IP Address 10.0.0.2 
Subnet Mask 255.0.0.0
Preferred DNS 10.0.0.2
Alternate DNS 10.0.0.1

1. Go to Active Directory Sites and Services.
2. Expand the Sites Default-First-Site-NameServersServer Names NTDS Settings.
3. Right click NTDS Setting and Properties, If the checkbox Global Catalog is checked, then it is a Global Catalog Server.

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