How it works...
Typically, the SYSVOL is replicated between domain controllers using Windows NT 4 Server's legacy FRS, unless the Active Directory domain was started on a domain controller running Windows Server 2008, or any newer version of Windows Server. In the latter case, the SYSVOL is replicated between domain controllers using the new and more robust Distributed File System Replication (DFSR).
Starting with Windows Server 2003 R2, Microsoft began deprecating the use of FRS. In Windows Server 2003 R2, the more efficient and robust DFS Replication service replaced FRS for replication of Distributed File System folders, but FRS was still used to replicate the SYSVOL folder on domain controllers.
DFSR uses a more efficient, scalable, and ...
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