Creating a site
An Active Directory site definition tells Active Directory to treat the subnets, domain controllers, member servers, and domain-joined devices as well connected. Its Active Directory site link defines the connectivity to other Active Directory sites.
To define connectivity, two sites are needed. The Default-First-Site-Name site is present in Active Directory, by default. As Active Directory admins add Active Directory sites, the relationships between the sites evolve to align the logical Active Directory topology with the physical topology of even the most complex environments.
Getting ready
To create an Active Directory site, you'll need to be signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group. That's because Active Directory sites are defined for the Active Directory forest in the CN=Configuration partition.
How to do it...
This recipe describes two ways to create an Active Directory site:
- Using Active Directory...
