I am in the situation that has multiple forests and some DFS shares (replicated in one domian at the moment) should be consolidated so that they are usable by all domains.
Concrete: We have domains A B and Z, each in their own firests. Z is an operational core, so A and B have trust with Z (both directions).
A and B have a DFS tree that is used internally, as has Z.
A and B AND Z have something they share which is a number of folders that are part of their DFS namespace and replicated to multiple folders. THis is for example a image and a software folder containing softrware for intallations and a large number of ISO files for the administrators to use. Or a large (read only) data archive (terabyte range) that then could be accessed by all domains "attached to" Z.
I would love to move that to Z – and somehow integrate it into a DFS hierarchy in A and B so that…
in A if you go to A.domain\dfs\Software the content comes from either file shares on Z or a DFS folder in Z (Z.domain\dfs\Software). Note that at no poin is cross forest replication needed. This would allow A and B to see the folder in their DFS hierarchy, while maintaining a central repository at Z.
How can I set this up? Documentation is sparse, it seems. Not even sure this is possible.
Best Answer
As DFS uses AD to store its config and uses Kerberos for authentication, I would say that it's not possible.