Apologies, asked question before reading article. (Face, meet palm) -lc
>________________________________ > From: William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com> >To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:04 PM >Subject: Re: Domain local vs. global vs. universal > > >From the article ma'am: > > >When you enable this feature on a domain operating in Windows Server 2003 or >higher functional level, any domain controllercan resolve logon requests >locally without having to go through the global catalog server. > > >As to the DC/GC query, like I stated earlier, it depends on your >infrastructure and design requirements...and phase of the moon. (Save the >Infrastructure FSMO, if you have multiple DC's, etc etc etc.) > > - Will > > > > > > > > >On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 13:48, Lora Cates <lora.ca...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > >Ah ha! Thank you , my misunderstanding on caching. Just so I'm clear this >can be enabled on any DC, correct? Is there any reason to not have every DC >also be a GC? >> >>-lc >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com> >>>To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >>>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:37 PM >>>Subject: Re: Domain local vs. global vs. universal >>> >>> >>>Understanding group types: >>>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755692(WS.10).aspx >>> >>> >>>Understanding caching of universal groups: >>> >>> >>>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff797984.aspx >>> >>> - Will >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 13:32, Lora Cates <lora.ca...@rocketmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>From my reading that's basically it. But do GC's always get them, or only >>>when enabled for universal group caching? >>>> >>>>-lc >>>> >>>> >>>>>________________________________ >>>>> From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> >>>>>To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:12 PM >>>>> >>>>>Subject: RE: Domain local vs. global vs. universal >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>So….technically what is happening when you click that little radio button >>>>>to change group type Local/Global/Universal? What’s happening behind the >>>>>scenes? Universal’s get copied to GC’s and others don’t, but what else? >>>>> >>>>>Dave >>>>> >>>>>From:Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] >>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:03 AM >>>>>To: NT System Admin Issues >>>>>Subject: RE: Domain local vs. global vs. universal >>>>> >>>>>In a single domain forest (or even many multi-domain domain forests >>>>>today), I would just do all uni groups. >>>>> >>>>>Thanks, >>>>>Brian Desmond >>>>>br...@briandesmond.com >>>>> >>>>>w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 >>>>> >>>>>From:David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] >>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:28 AM >>>>>To: NT System Admin Issues >>>>>Subject: Domain local vs. global vs. universal >>>>> >>>>>Today I found a global group in my AD (created by an SE that wasn’t me), >>>>>but for this function I needed to add a domain local group to it and for >>>>>course, that’s not possible. Someplace I heard in AD pretty much every >>>>>group you use should be domain local unless it’s used for Exchange in >>>>>which case you use Universal. All groups I create are domain local and it >>>>>simply works, but I know that doesn’t mean it’s right. >>>>> >>>>>Before sending a note to the SE team on this I wanted to get a consensus >>>>>from you guys. 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