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What happens to sub domains when root domain lost?
Suppose I have a root domain of root.com and a sub domain of sub.root.com. What would happen to the sub.root.com domain if the DCs for root.com were removed/switched off? Would the sub domain carry on working, or would they screw up because the root domain they hang off doesn't exist any more? This is more a hypothetical question than a real situation I have.
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I can't belive, this is the correct answer.
But you will see.
But you will see.
in the root domain, there are all forest FSMO roles held. if they are missing, no shema changes will be possible.
also no domain naming master is present.
Replication will also have dfificulties to handle a non existant root domain.