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Choose Logon server using powershell or another
I'm testing site replication in Active Directory. I have two sites and a link.
1. Is there a way to find logon server in powershell instead of all command 'echo %Logonserver%'?
2. How do I redirect Windows Login of clients to a DC in the remote site? Let's say I have a site A and a site 'Branch'. I like to redirect all user logins at Branch to the Site A without disconnecting the DC?
1. Is there a way to find logon server in powershell instead of all command 'echo %Logonserver%'?
2. How do I redirect Windows Login of clients to a DC in the remote site? Let's say I have a site A and a site 'Branch'. I like to redirect all user logins at Branch to the Site A without disconnecting the DC?
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I created two SRV records for Kerberos and under Default-First-Site-Name,th en I gave priority 0 to the logon server which I like to use for all, and change priority of other logon server to 100. Then, I resign in from clients, it still goes to a logon server with priority 100. I tried to flush dns cache, it doesn't help.
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I spent a couple of hours to try many methods online, but first of all, as Hulabaloo pointed out, %logonserver% seems a static variable showing last successful logon server, not showing the current logon server. I found this after I spent quite of time testing. So, I think I do the same tests again when I have time suing 'nltest /sc_query:domainname' . I like to keep this post open for a bit longer for reference purpose.
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As I've tested when there are only two sites, I was not able to redirect the logon unless I shut down the local DC. If there are 3 or more sites, then increasing Site LInk costs will do the trick.
Changing the priority SRV record does also only for local site.
Changing the priority SRV record does also only for local site.
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