Questions regarding setting up Domain Controller

Hello,

I am new in setting up a Domain Controller. I would like to ask i
would a domain server affect speed of the internet connection o
individual workstations? Do we need a powerful machine for this? I a
thinking that if we can get a new one just for this purpose. If we hav
one domain server, does this mean that the office can use only on
internet line? How would this affect our locally served application
and tools like confluence, jira, etc?

What I planned is to connect all workstations and to be placed under
domain controller. This is for system administrators to manag
individual PCs. Ideally, system admins should not have to waste tim
reinstalling OS and applications and should be able to do those thing
easily and much more quickly using the domain controller. This woul
allow us to setup a VPN connection to our office so we can acces
everything remotely.

If you have any suggestions, please post a reply..

Thank

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Hello benzayb,

A Domain Controller has nothing to do with the network speed to internet.
The internet connection has to be connected via a router to a switch and
all domain machines will be connected to the switch, NOT to the DC.

You local applications should not be effected, except your users are in the
moment all local administrators. When they become domain user accounts it
can be that some applications will not work because of the less permissions,
so that you have to find out the needed rights for the applications to run
with normal user accounts (can be that this happens).

But from your description it sounds that you have no domain running and use
a workgroup environment, please clarify this.

How powerful a DC has to be belongs, for example, to the amount of users.

Also if you use a domain instead of a workgroup you have to add workstations
to the domain, create new user accounts for all users and some more configuration
is needed.

For software installation you can use software distribution with Group policies.

For VPN access you use RAS which should be installed on a member server not
a DC.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
>
> I am new in setting up a Domain Controller. I would like to ask if
> would a domain server affect speed of the internet connection of
> individual workstations? Do we need a powerful machine for this? I am
> thinking that if we can get a new one just for this purpose. If we
> have one domain server, does this mean that the office can use only
> one internet line? How would this affect our locally served
> applications and tools like confluence, jira, etc?
>
> What I planned is to connect all workstations and to be placed under a
> domain controller. This is for system administrators to manage
> individual PCs. Ideally, system admins should not have to waste time
> reinstalling OS and applications and should be able to do those things
> easily and much more quickly using the domain controller. This would
> allow us to setup a VPN connection to our office so we can access
> everything remotely.
>
> If you have any suggestions, please post a reply..
>
> Thanks
>
> http://forums.techarena.in
>

Thank you for the reply. =D

Well as of now we have more or less 20 workstations. We do have a D
but not all workstations is configured to it and some are using
workgroup.

I appreciate your reply Meinolf Weber. =)

Thanks

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