Global Catelog Server

1.) Open "Active Directory Sites and Services" from the Administrative Tools menu.

2.) Expand "sites" in the menu tree on the left.

3.) Expand the site name that contains the domain controller you want to make an additional global catalog server on (If you have more than one site, otherwise go to next step.)

4.) Expand the name of the domain controller that you want to make an additional global catalog server.

5.) RIGHT CLICK on "NTDS Settings" then select "Properties" from the menu.

6.) In the window that opens you will see a checkbox labeled "Global Catalog". Check this box to make the selected domain controller a global catalog server.

This article is a good primer:
Q196464 - An Overview of Active Directory

Hopeit helps,

Andrew Greig, MCSE

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