How to set a specific Domain controller for a user or client machine to logon-authenticate with using the GPO (Group Policy Object) or Registry. I am looking to setup a Specific Domain Controller for 2 classrooms. The classrooms have about 14 people in each room. the DC will also be a "file junction" point. The files will temporarily be stored on the DC for use and then as Night Synced to the Main DC for files.
My plan is to have 1 DC for the 2 Classes. The Classes are Graphics and CADD. All students have their own Accounts that are only saving documents-files to the Local Machine or the Network Drive. Graphics Has MACs and CADD has Windows Machines. The Files will sync with the server in the List to save network utilization….
Any ideas or anything I'm Missing?
Best Answer
Here's what this sounds like to me - ignore freely if my guess is off base.
You've got a classroom site that's geographically remote from your primary network - WAN scenario. You want to give that site an experience that's equal in quality to what they'd experience if they were sitting in the main site.
In AD terms, what you're looking at is a distinct Site. If properly set up, not only will your clients prefer their local DC for login, but (if using DFS) the servers will sync files during low traffic hours - all configured from within AD management tools. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782048(v=ws.10).aspx
It's possible that your login times from the classroom to the main site are perfectly acceptable, in which case you can save the cost of a remote DC and just set up a file server. Hope that helps!