Domain Client Connectivity

I will be preforming a hardware upgrade on a domain
controller; which means I have to power down.

Does anyone know how long domain clients will retain
connectivity to each other (domain clients)while a domain
controller is temporarily down?

The domain clients do not need to access any files on the
domain controller for continued production.

"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I will be preforming a hardware upgrade on a domain
> controller; which means I have to power down.
>
> Does anyone know how long domain clients will retain
> connectivity to each other (domain clients)while a domain
> controller is temporarily down?
>
> The domain clients do not need to access any files on the
> domain controller for continued production.
>

If you have DNS, DHCP, WINS, or any other critical services on the DC then
that would affect client functionality, especially if there are not backup
servers for those services. Also, nobody will be able to log on that is not
already on the network.

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