Managing the Global Catalog

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

Designate global catalog servers in sites to accommodate forest-wide directory searching and so that Active Directory can determine universal group membership of native-mode domain clients.

The following tasks for managing the global catalog are described in this objective:

• Configuring a Global Catalog Server

• Determining Global Catalog Readiness

• Removing the Global Catalog