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by bobby gillette

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In native mode, do users have to use their entire AD logon name in order to access the network? In other words, if User1 is in the OU's East and in a nested group within East called MFG, would they have to login using "User1@domain.com\East\MFg" or can they simply log in using User1? We are implementing a single domain with multiple sites and copies of the Global Catalog. We'll be running mixed mode for a while, but I'd like to know how OUs can affect the login name of users.

TIA,

Bobby

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by homer simpson instructor at large

All they need is user1 or user1@domain.com. The idea of sites is so you can control the replication of changes. there may be some delay if a new user is added or a piece of information about a user is changed until it is replicated across the whole domain. It depends on how often you want the replication to occur between your sites. The rule of thumb is to have a GC server at each site. this will help with the logon procedure locally.

hope it helps

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