AD RMS deployment

AD RMS deployment topologies are a bit different from other AD role service deployments. Other AD role service deployment topologies are mostly focused on high availability or scalability. But AD RMS deployments are more about addressing different types of business requirements. Let's look at those topologies in detail.

Single forest – single cluster

This is the most commonly used deployment topology. AD RMS operation boundaries are limited to their own forest. The deployment will have only one AD RMS cluster to process certificates and licensing requirements. The cluster can contain any number of servers, and load balancing is handled in the cluster level. If it has multiple servers, the AD RMS...