v-terliu
Mon Jun 30 23:09:16 PDT 2008
Hello Chris,
Thank you for posting here.
According to your description, I understand that you want to add additional
DC on the branch office. If I have misunderstood the problem, please don't
hesitate to let me know.
We always recommend customer to install an additional domain controller for
a remote site. We also recommend customer to configure the additional
domain controller as a Global Catalog to perform catalog search for the
entire active directory.
After doing so, if the VPN connection is down, the additional domain
controller can still authenticate for domain users, and the problem
described in your post will be fixed.
Based on my research, to set up the additional domain controller, perform
the following:
1. While still in a workgroup, promote the server to a domain controller.
(Click Start, click Run, type dcpromo, and then click OK.)
Note: For the domain controller type, you must select Additional domain
controller for an existing domain. To complete the wizard you will need the
Small Business Server computer's full DNS name.
2. Configure DNS to forward queries to the Small Business Server computer.
3. Select the server to be a Global Catalog Server.
In addition, you must create 2 sites to reflect the physical sites in
Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in (in Administrative Tools).
More information for your reference:
Adding a Server to Your Existing Small Business Server 2000 Network
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2000/maintain/addsrvrs.mspx
Step-by-Step Guide to Adding and Managing Additional Servers in a Windows
Small Business Server Network
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServerSolutions/SBS/en/library/bd070f5b
-3b90-4496-b427-99f1ab0eca671033.mspx?mfr=true
Create an additional domain controller
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/9d20cbd0-c9de-4014-9c
1e-cca10da662131033.mspx?mfr=true
Deploying Additional Domain Controllers in a New Regional Domain
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e32670b6-e107-4fec-a3
e0-bcb6feab93171033.mspx?mfr=true
I hope these steps will give you some help.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Best regards,
Terence Liu (MSFT)
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>From: "Chris" <microtalk@bigpond.com>
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>Cliff,
>
>Thanks for the info but I'm unable to use these instructions as the
>aditional server is at a branch office.
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>Regards
>Chris
>
>"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:BDF511D6-2963-4B9E-80FE-2BE27AEE3D79@microsoft.com...
>> This help?
>>
>>
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServerSolutions/SBS/en/library/bd070f5b
-3b90-4496-b427-99f1ab0eca671033.mspx?mfr=true
>>
>> -Cliff
>>
>> "Chris" <microtalk@bigpond.com> wrote in message
>> news:u3qkbyr2IHA.5188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> We have SBS 2003 at our HO and a Windows 2003 server in a local
workgroup
>>> at a branch office, with a hardware vpn between the 2 sites. How do I
>>> make the branch office server part of the SBS domain?
>>> -
>>> Regards
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
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