Re: HELP!! Maximum number of domains in a forest

From: Enkidu (enkidu_at_xyzcliffpxyz.com)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:30:56 +1300

I can't think of a good reason for having 500 Domains in a forest. Can
you? The recommendation is to have as few Domains as possible,
preferably only one, in an organisation.

If I did have more than a few Domains, I'd definitely have a number of
global catalogs, at least one per Domain.

Cheers,

Cliff

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 07:11:33 -0600, valaloalv
<valaloalv.1gz0a6@mail.mcse.ms> wrote:

>
>Does anybody knows the answer to this question, please?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>valaloalv wrote:
>> *Hi,
>>
>> In the Active Directory 2003 deployment guide says that, form
>> manageability reasons, it's not recommended to create more than 10
>> domains in a forest.
>>
>> But, is there any limit? can it be a problem (other than
>> administering issues) if I have a forest with 500 domains (only one
>> global catalog, the root domain controller)? Wich kind of problems?
>>
>> Thanks in advance. * 

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