Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Inter-site replications

If the AD infrastructure contains more than one site, a change in one site needs to be replicated over to the other sites. This is called an inter-site replication, and its topology is different from intra-site replication. Replication within the site always benefits from high-speed links. But when it comes to the connection between sites, facts such as bandwidth, latency, and reliability all have an impact.

In the previous section, we discussed site links, site costs, and replication schedules, which we can use to control intra-site replications:

When it comes to inter-site replications, these happen via site links ...