Clearly it's time to break out some manuals and update my knowledge.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 18:13, Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com> wrote:
> Well, if the subnet is linked to a site which does not contain any DCs, the 
> Auto Site Coverage process will kick in, and AD will look at site link costs 
> and so forth to determine what DCs from another site should cover this 
> DC-less site. This means you just need site links in place that match what 
> you want. You can work around auto site coverage by disabling it and manually 
> populating the site coverage reg key on the DCs you want to cover this site, 
> but, that's obviously a less than ideal solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> br...@briandesmond.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:40 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Q about AD sites
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 13:26, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote:
>> We’re about to do a restructuring of our sites and two of them will
>> not have a DC on site anymore. I know you can have multiple subnets in
>> a site that contains a DC but is it possible (or even necessary) to
>> link these standalone sites to a DC in another site?
>
> AIUI, if you don't link a subnet to a site to with a DC in it, logons 
> (workstation and user) in that subnet will randomly connect to any site that 
> responds, and there will exist the potential for some random weirdness that 
> will frustrate folks.
>
> If I were in your shoes, I'd choose a site with a DC that has a relatively 
> high capacity link between it and the orphan subnet, and make the orphan 
> subnet a part of the that site.
>
> But, someone with more experience will probably chime in with better advice.
>
> Kurt
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