Create a site link object and add the appropriate sites

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Use this procedure to create a Site Link object in the IP container and add the appropriate sites. To link sites for replication, create a Site Link object in the container for the intersite transport that will replicate the site, and add the sites to it.

Administrative Credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Enterprise Admins group.

  1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.

  2. Expand the Sites container and then the Inter-Site Transports container.

  3. Right-click IP, and then click New Site Link.

  4. In the Name box, type a name for the site link.

  5. In the Sites not in this site link box, click a site that you want to add to the site link. Hold down the SHIFT key to click a second site that is adjacent in the list, or the CTRL key to click a second site that is not adjacent in the list.

  6. After selecting all of the sites that you want added to the site link, click Add, and then click OK.