AD Replication

If a company has a DC at the main location running
Windows 2003 Server Standard with DNS, WINS, DHCP, and Exchange 2003 and
wants to put a BDC with Exchange at the remote location. Would anyone
suggest
upgrading their Internet service?

Both locations have cable modems for theirs internet access
Bandwidth test results are listed below.

Main Office
Your download speed : 1234 kbps or 154.3 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 685 kbps or 85.6 KB/sec.

Remote Office.
Your download speed : 1284 kbps or 160.5 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 581 kbps or 72.7 KB/sec.

Main Office has 15 Users. Remote office will have 10.

Thanks

1. Use a DC at each location
2. Use/Create the AD "Sites" Object in AD that represents each location.
3. Associate each DC to the proper AD Site that corresponds to the physical
location it is in.
4. The AD Site Object is what controls and maintains the "replication" that
has to occur over the slow WAN links.

When this is done properly there probably is no need to upgrade the Internet
Service unless you just want to get rid of some extra money.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
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Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp

Deployment Guidelines for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...isaserver.mspx
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"Gene B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If a company has a DC at the main location running
> Windows 2003 Server Standard with DNS, WINS, DHCP, and Exchange 2003 and
> wants to put a BDC with Exchange at the remote location. Would anyone
> suggest
> upgrading their Internet service?
>
> Both locations have cable modems for theirs internet access
> Bandwidth test results are listed below.
>
> Main Office
> Your download speed : 1234 kbps or 154.3 KB/sec.
> Your upload speed : 685 kbps or 85.6 KB/sec.
>
> Remote Office.
> Your download speed : 1284 kbps or 160.5 KB/sec.
> Your upload speed : 581 kbps or 72.7 KB/sec.
>
> Main Office has 15 Users. Remote office will have 10.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>