Personally I would set up sites and just have a single domain. It sounds like seperate forests/domains is just making it harder to manage.a RODC at that site would work well if you are use 2008 for all the DC's.
Jon On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Overall, I'm always looking to make things easier to manage. > > The new DC is replacing the single DC they have at that location that is > going on 5 years old. When it was the originally put there we did not have > any VPN connection between the two locations. > > The main office has about 80 users and the smaller has about 40 but will > soon be about 50. The server at the moment really only provides file and > print services. WSUS and AV and Exchnage come from the main location. At > some point I would like to run a sharepoint for the whole company. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven M. Caesare" < > [email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:27 AM > Subject: RE: domain/forest setup question > > > What are you trying to accomplish: 1)overall, and 2) with the new DC? > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- >> From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:19 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: domain/forest setup question >> >> I would like to hear some input into an upcoming change I have to make >> to >> our network. Currently we have two locations each domain is a separate >> forest but we have domain trusts. The locations are connected via a >> > VPN > >> and >> their both on a separate subnet I'm going to be installing a new DC at >> the >> smaller location and I'm debating whether I should keep the forests >> separate >> or same forest different domains or just make the new DC a member of >> our >> existing domain at the main location. It seems to me that adding to >> > the > >> existing domain would be the easiest to manage and probably the best >> way to >> go right? Any downsides to the last option? >> >> James >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
