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Microsoft states: “This shared forest, called the initial organizational forest, is the foundation of the forest design model for the organization.”
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Microsoft states: “This article describes the parameters and options that the dcpromo answer file uses to install and remove Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) on domain controllers.”
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Microsoft states: “LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) encrypts LDAP communications between clients and domain controllers using SSL/TLS certificates.”
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Microsoft states: “During a Windows Update, there are user specific processes that must happen for the update to be complete.”
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Microsoft states: “This article explains how to remove Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) by using Server Manager or Windows PowerShell.”
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Microsoft states: “Restore the first writeable domain controller in each domain Reconnect each restored writeable domain controller to the network Add the global catalog to a domain controller in the forest root domain.”
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Microsoft states: “Beginning with Windows Server 2012, AD DS provides greater support for virtualizing domain controllers by introducing virtualization-safe capabilities.”
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Microsoft states: “Active Directory is a distributed system, which means changes you apply to one domain controller (DC) replicate to other DCs in the system automatically.”
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Microsoft states: “This information applies to forests that contain a maximum of 100,000 users and that have a connectivity of 28.8 kilobits per second (Kbps) or higher.”
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Microsoft states: “The first domain that you deploy in an Active Directory forest is called the forest root domain.”
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