Best practices

In previous sections, I have explained things we need to consider for FSMO role placement. Here, I'd like to summarize the points we discussed so far:

• Domain controllers in the forest should be able to reach FSMO role holders without any network layer connection barriers. If domain controllers are in a segmented network, make sure traffic is routed correctly.
• We can distribute FSMO roles to multiple servers; however, more servers means more management overhead. Unless it is a real requirement, try to keep FSMO roles to a fewer number of computers.
• Place the PDC role in the most reliable and powerful domain controller. Avoid installing applications and other Windows Server roles in PDC to reduce unnecessary resource usage.
• Keep the RID master and PDC roles in the same domain controller (same domain). Communication between these roles is crucial and keeping this in the same domain controller ensures reliable connectivity. Resource...