Lanwench
Tue May 06 06:02:16 PDT 2008
Gilbert <Gilbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Meinolf,
>
> Thanks for your feedback. i just found out that they connect all
> users to the main office AD first before shifting to the site office.
> They do not join the AD at the site office. This is so that they can
> access the exchange which is at the main office. Once at the site
> office, they connect to exchange via internet to access exchange via
> http. So looks like site office AD, even though they have the same
> account created in the site office AD, because their computers was
> originally joined to the main office, they don't actually connect to
> the site office AD... am I correct to assume this? if so, than i
> can use a new server to sync with the main office AD, using bring
> this new AD to the site office, setup VPN and allow the site office
> users to logon using the new AD... Correct?
How is this going to solve the problem of your having two users for each
person (one in AD in each office)?
You're going to have problems with this.
>
> Gilbert
>
>
> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>
>> Hello Gilbert,
>>
>> If i understand you correct you will take a DC form the main office
>> to the site office and connect it there. Then you will rejoin the
>> clients.
>> But what about your users? If they try to work with the account from
>> the main office DC, ofcourse first you have to reset the passwords
>> from all of them. Also you have to save all Data from them, so they
>> have no lost of there work, how will you handle this? Think they
>> will not be so happy with your solution.
>> Ofcourse this is also a way of cleaning anything up. Afterwards i
>> think you will NEVER connect the site DC to the domain and do a
>> metadata cleanup in AD?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
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>>> Can I try to do this:
>>>
>>> Have another AD server sync with the main office, than bring over to
>>> the site office and use a VPN to maintain the sync. Those users at
>>> site office who joins the AD at the site office will need to rejoin
>>> the new AD (but before this happens, the existing site AD must be
>>> offline). Those users who joined the AD at the main office but are
>>> shifting to the site office would still be able to connect.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> "Gilbert" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I have a situation. I just got customer who had deployed 2 x
>>>> 2K3 R2 AD and had it sync with each other at the main office.
>>>> They also deployed exchange 2007 at the main office. However,
>>>> they split the network between 2 sites and have moved 1 of the AD
>>>> to a site office, but these 2 AD have not been connected for the
>>>> last 3 months. To access the domain and exchange, they create the
>>>> same new user account on the 2 AD server and exhange 2007. So
>>>> site office users login in to the site office AD, but access
>>>> exchange via the main office AD and exhange.
>>>>
>>>> Question: If they connect the network together now and tried to
>>>> sync the 2 AD, will the new accounts created on both sites
>>>> conflict with each other or will they just sync with each other
>>>> and the users on both sides would continue to work as per normal?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Gilbert