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Moving Infrastructure role to a non-GC DC

Hello guys and as always thanks for your time and expertise.
I was reading about the FSMO roles. In my enviornment, which is still a mix of server 2008 and server 2003 roles (and we're working in a one domain enviornment) - the roles are all on one domain controller and this DC is a GC.
My concern is in the readings they recommend not having the infrasturcture master on a GC and if you do this all of the DCs should be GC. Again, our infrastructure master is on a GC and not all the DCs are GCs. Does this matter in a one domain enviornment or should I move the Infrastructure master or make all the DCs Global Catalogs - again not that it matters in a one domain enviornment. Anyway, your help and recommendations are greatly appreciated.

Mike Kline

In a single domain environment it doesn't matter because the infrastructure master doesn't really do anything there; but like you already stated every thing you see will tell you to not have it on the Infrastructure master in your case and it is ok to move it.

On that note in a single domain environment the GC really doesn't contain any info than a DC so you can make every DC a GC anyway with no additional impact..

Thanks

Mike

pendal1

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Guys, I made all of our Domain Controllers Global Catalogs. That's what was recommended in my readings. Again we have a single domain enviornment. Do you guys approve of this. I just want to make sure I'm making a good move. In the readings it said making all the DCs GCs did not put any additional strain on the DCs and it helps the exchange server which relies on global catalog queries. Please advise. Thanks.

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pendal1

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Thanks for the quick response and expertise. Greatly appreciated.