AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

Read only domain controller

May 17, 2021
Introduction A read only domain controller (RODC) is a type of domain controller that has read-only partitions of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) database. RODC is available in Windows server 2008 OS and in its succeeding versions. Enterprises tend to deploy RODC under two conditions viz., When there is not enough physical security to the datacenter.When there isn’t…
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AD Domain ServicesReplication, Sites & Domain Controllers

Active Directory Replication: What it is and how it works

May 17, 2021
What you will learn from this article? Information in the Active Directory (AD) network is modified or updated constantly. In such cases, if any information is updated in one domain controller (DC) of the AD network, all other DCs in the network should also be updated with the new information. This process is done in AD through replication. In this article, we will take a look at what is AD…
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AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

What is a Read Only Domain Controller (RODC)

May 17, 2021
Introduction A read only domain controller (RODC) is a type of domain controller that has read-only partitions of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) database. RODC is available in Windows server 2008 OS and in its succeeding versions. Enterprises tend to deploy RODC under two conditions viz., When there is not enough physical security to the datacenter. When there…
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AD Domain ServicesReplication, Sites & Domain Controllers

Active Directory FSMO Roles Explained

March 2, 2021
What you will learn from this article: Active Directory (AD) relies on the AD replication process to keep the information updated across all its domain controllers (DC) in the network. This replication is done through the multi-master replication method, where if the information is modified in one DC, that DC initiates the replication process to update the other DCs. You can learn more about AD…
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Active Directory Fundamentals

DNS and Active Directory

March 2, 2021
Domain Name System (DNS) is a name resolution method that is used to resolve host names to IP addresses. It is used on TCP/IP networks and across the internet. DNS is a namespace. Active Directory is built on DNS. DNS namespace is used internet wide while the Active Directory namespace is used across a private network. The reason behind the choice of DNS is that it is highly scalable and it is an…
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