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I work in a k-12 school system. &nbsp;There are five different sites, plus the board office. &nbsp;We are a Microsoft shop with 2003 servers. &nbsp;Each site has its own server which stores the user profiles.<br />
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We have set up back ups for each of the profiles servers at the respective sites.<br />
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This system seems perfectly addressed by DFS. &nbsp;Wouldn't it be better to set up DFS, thus being able to do one back-up? &nbsp;<br />
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What questions to do I need to ask myself?<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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I work in a k-12 school system.  There are five different sites, plus the board office.  We are a Microsoft shop with 2003 servers.  Each site has its own server which stores the user profiles.

We have set up back ups for each of the profiles servers at the respective sites.

This system seems perfectly addressed by DFS.  Wouldn't it be better to set up DFS, thus being able to do one back-up?  

What questions to do I need to ask myself?

Thanks in advance.

Distributed File System

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.