On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:43 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > In a domain with 3 DC’s, which one handles LDAP requests? If the LDAP is set > to query mydomaion.com.com ,what determines which DC processes the query?
I wasn't satisfied with my first answer, so I googled with "active directory ldap query which server responds" "Finding a Server The first step that a directory client must take in conducting an Active Directory search is to find an LDAP directory server (in other words, a domain controller) to search against. To find a domain controller, directory clients rely on DNS. When a domain controller starts up, it registers service (SRV) records in DNS that indicate that the domain controller provides LDAP directory services. To locate a domain controller, a directory client performs a DNS query for SRV records of hosts that provide LDAP directory services. For more information about how DNS is used to locate domain controllers, see “DNS Support for Active Directory Technical Reference.”" >From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755809%28v=ws.10%29.aspx See also http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978012.aspx Kurt
