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Srinivas Acharya · Guest

Hi,
When we can publish file and folders in Active directory, then why DFS is
required?. Is there advantages attached to DFS compared to ADS?

Regards,
Srinivas Acharya

Desmond Lee · Guest

DFS is also a key component of AD and must not be disabled, otherwise
problems will certainly surface (e.g. AD replication).

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Laura A. Robinson · Guest

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John Smith · Guest

I think that would be FRS that AD uses to replicate...

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Desmond Lee · Guest

FRS and DFS are intricately tied to each other.

For more info, see the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296183

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;220140

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312862

"Desmond Lee" wrote:

Richard Chinn [MSFT] · Guest

To clarify:

1) Active Directory uses its own replication mechanism. Active
Directory replication takes care of AD objects like computer objects,
user objects, schema, etc. Replication occurs between domain
controllers.

2) FRS is used to replicate SYSVOL. SYSVOL is on every domain
controller, and when you have multiple domain controllers in a domain,
FRS will replicate SYSVOL amongst those DCs. This is related to
Active Directory because FRS will use some of the same AD objects to
govern its replication behavior, but AD replication and replicating
files in SYSVOL are two different things. SYSVOL typically holds
logon scripts and group policies.

3) DFS is separate from AD and FRS. It provides you a logical file
namespace -- it's another mode of indirection so that when a client
asks for some share, it will get routed to some real server sharing
out the files. FRS is tied to DFS only in the case that it is used to
replicate between multiple root targets and link targets. You can
actually use DFS without AD and/or without FRS. But if you want to
use FRS with DFS, you must use AD.

Back to the original question, publishing a share in AD simply makes
it easier for a user to find the share if the user does a search. If
you set up DFS properly, you can have every user in your organization
use the same path such as \\domain\dfsroot\dfslink and will get routed
to the right place. The "right place" will be configurable by you.

Have a look at the DFS FAQ.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq.mspx

--Richard

Please post FRS related questions to
microsoft.public.windows.server.dfs_frs and prefix the subject line
with "FRS:" to make it easier to spot. Note that FRS is used to
replicate SYSVOL on domain controllers and DFS root and link targets.

For additional FRS resources, please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/frs.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:01:01 -0800, "Srinivas Acharya"
<SrinivasAcharya@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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