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26 Mar 2009 3:48 PM
skip
Hello

Does it make sense to setup a RODC in a remote office if there is no
password replication policy in place? it seems like if there is no prp, then
the RODC doesnt really do much accept pass authentication requests back to a
RWDC

Thanks

Author
26 Mar 2009 4:02 PM
Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]
"skip" <shofm***@kbb.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> Does it make sense to setup a RODC in a remote office if there is no
> password replication policy in place? it seems like if there is no prp,
> then the RODC doesnt really do much accept pass authentication requests
> back to a RWDC
>
> Thanks

It would depend on how many users at the remote office. If more than 10, I
would say yes, go ahead. This will elimnate WAN authentication and logon
traffic. Replication traffic for the RODC will be considerably less than
authentication and logon traffic.

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Author
26 Mar 2009 6:46 PM
Marcin
Skip,
you still somewhat benefit from having a local domain controller (even
though a writable replica needs to be involved in computer/user
authentication) - e.g. due to ability to process Group Policies without
resorting to WAN access or faster name resolution assuming that RODC is also
configured as a DNS server...

hth
Marcin

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"skip" <shofm***@kbb.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> Does it make sense to setup a RODC in a remote office if there is no
> password replication policy in place? it seems like if there is no prp,
> then the RODC doesnt really do much accept pass authentication requests
> back to a RWDC
>
> Thanks