FSMO roles question......
pjd007
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Which role must be available for users to logon ?
My answer would be PDC however in my lab which has two DC's which both have the global catalog I've moved RID, PDC and Infrastructure roles onto DC1 then powered it off but I'm still able to login on my test PC with two different accounts which are logging in via DC2.
This was a question I saw in a recent exam so I'm just wanting to verify my answer and my lab isn't helping !
Edit. this article seems to confirm it is the PDC, I should've googled a bit more before posting
Responding to operations master failures: Active Directory
My answer would be PDC however in my lab which has two DC's which both have the global catalog I've moved RID, PDC and Infrastructure roles onto DC1 then powered it off but I'm still able to login on my test PC with two different accounts which are logging in via DC2.
This was a question I saw in a recent exam so I'm just wanting to verify my answer and my lab isn't helping !
Edit. this article seems to confirm it is the PDC, I should've googled a bit more before posting
Responding to operations master failures: Active Directory
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kriscamaro68
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You probably have cached credentials turned on which will allow for logins while the PDC is down. -
Mishra
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Technically it's none of them... If a FSMO role was -required- to let network users to login, they wouldn't limit it to only 1 machine.
The roles are basically 'interfaces' that perform different functions. Everything should function with all the roles off for a period of time.