How to tell Exchange 2007 servers to use specific domain controllers?
Is is possible in Exchange 2007 to configure a server to use specific DC's?
Thanks Matt
November 6th, 2008 11:41pm
Hello Matt,
Yes, you can use Set-ExchangeServer command with various parameters to include/exclude domain controller & global catalogs.
But specifying domain controller may cause problem when it is down so suggest you to exclude a DC if it is not giving proper performance, refer KB298879...
Various parameters of Set-ExchangeServer
StaticConfigDomainController - This parameter is used to configure a domain controller to be used by the server via DSAccess.
StaticDomainControllers - This parameter is used to configure a list of domain controllers to be used by the server via Directory Service Access (DSAccess).
StaticExcludedDomainControllers - This parameter is used to exclude a list of domain controllers to be used by the server.
StaticGlobalCatalogs - This parameter is used to configure a list of global catalogs to be used by the server via DSAccess.
References:
Set-ExchangeServer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123716(EXCHG.80).aspx
Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2003, and Exchange 2000 Server may experience performance problems when the PDC emulator is used for DSAccess
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298879
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November 7th, 2008 6:34am