Basics:
Windows 2003 Enterprise Server at the corporate office running active directory.
5 branch offices (6 total locations)
DSL or Cable-Modem at each branch, T1 at Headquarters.
Each location would have linksys managed switches and Netopia routers.
The corporate server will be full blown with all the bells and whistles.
The questions:
1. In order to process logons effectively, given there’s going to be a slow connection at each branch, do I need to install a dialed down server with simple redundancy and perhaps a single processor at each branch location with Active Directory installed?
2. If I install Windows 2003 Server on these branch computers, can it be Standard, or does it have to also be Enterprise?
3. What mechanism within 2003 server will allow me to replicate user profiles across all of the branches so each user can logon quickly at each branch. During night hours, I would imagine files would be replicated into an identical folder on each server and the user settings in Active Directory would point the user profile to that branch profile folder based on their physical location.
4. Should I ditch user profiles completely? If so, what regulates personal settings for users when they visit another branch to work?
