Microsoft® Active Directory® Branch Office Guide Volume 1: Planning

This guide is aimed at network managers, system integrators, and consultants involved in Active Directory branch office implementations, either in their own organizations or for client companies. By implementing the procedures in this document, you should be able to deploy and maintain Active Directory in a large branch office environment.

Deploying Active Directory™ directory service in a large branch office environment, in which each branch will have a domain controller locally and branches may be connected to the corporate data center through low-speed links, can be a complicated procedure. This guide intends to simplify this process by providing you with a series of easily understand-able steps that will help you achieve your goal of implementing Active Directory in a branch office environment of 100 or more branches.