Ignoring the fairly over-discussed if every DC is a GC anyway, the Infrastructure FSMO / Master (IM) can be on GC aspect ...
In "the standard forest" (if there is such a thing) with a mix of DCs and GCs, the Infrastructure FSMO must be on a non-GC, for both win2k and win2k3. There has been no change here. What you might be thinking of is the fact that we (in fact I) made it so a win2k3 DC can perform the duties of the Domain Naming FSMO / Master even if it is not a GC. Win2k only knowns how to perform the duties of the Naming FSMO on a GC. Basically the contstraints were such that for win2k these two roles couldn't even exist on the same machine. Now they can both be held on a non-GC as of Win2k3. Cheers, BrettSh [msft] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, joe wrote: > I am curious myself. I seem to recall a rumour to that effect previously but > have not seen anything substantial. > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:13 PM > To: Send - AD mailing list > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Reducing number of Global Catalogs > > > How so? > -- > Dean Wells > MSEtechnology > * Email: dwells <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @msetechnology.com > <http://msetechnology.com/> http://msetechnology.com > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Reducing number of Global Catalogs > > > The issue with IM on GCs is solved in Windows 2003 for multi-domain > forests... > > Chuck > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
