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Published inJul 2022
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Sander Berkouwer
Sander Berkouwer
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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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Managing bridgehead servers

Bridgehead servers are the domain controllers on each side of an Active Directory site link that take care of inter-site replication on behalf of all the domain controllers in their respective sites.

Getting ready

To manage bridgehead servers, you'll need to be signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group.

How to do it...

Bridgehead servers can be set using Active Directory Sites and Services and the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell.

Using Active Directory Sites and Services

To set a domain controller as the bridgehead server for the Active Directory site, using Active Directory Sites and Services, perform these steps:

  1. Press Start.
  2. Search for Active Directory Sites and Services and select it from the search results or run dssite.msc. The Active Directory Sites and Services window appears.
  3. In the left navigation pane, expand the Sites node.
  4. In the left navigation pane, expand...
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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
Published in: Jul 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803242507

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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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