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Set Login Server through Group Policy
We are using server 2003 as our domain controllers and have xp workstations. My question is there a way to set witch server authenticates a user when they login to the domain through group policy or any other means?
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Unless you are usinf multiple subnets its makes no odds, Domain controllers are designed so that ANY DC can authenticate a user, if they didn't there would be no fault tollerance.
Even if you do set-up subnets and define sites it just changes the preferred DC, should the local DC fail to respond in a timely fashion other DCs will be tried.
Even if you do set-up subnets and define sites it just changes the preferred DC, should the local DC fail to respond in a timely fashion other DCs will be tried.
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ok, we have one domain, with a site in texas and one site in Louisiana. we have domain controllers at both sites. i guess the real question is this, is there any benefit to set the users in texas to authenicate on the domain controller in texas.
The only benefit really is in speed. If you configure your subnets correctly you will see an improvement in speed (possibly) and the bandwidth used across the WAN link will be lower
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Windows Server 2003
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).
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I presume you want to set the user to see the most local DC? If so, you configure Sites and Subnets to use specific DC's for certain IP subnets.
This does presume that you are multiple site network and the subnets are correctly configured.