The section describes the following planning steps:

• Review the Existing Active Directory Design. This includes the following:
  
  
  • Evaluate Your Active Directory Logical Structure
    
    
  • Review Policy Settings and Network Settings
    
    
  • Determine the Domain Upgrade Order
    
    
  • Review the Existing Physical Structure
    
    
  • Recommendations from the Windows Server 2003 Branch Office Guide That Still Apply to RODCs
    
    
• Plan Replication for Branch Offices. This includes the following:
  
  
  • Plan for DFS Replication for SYSVOL
    
    
  • Review Bridgehead Server Load-Balancing Improvements with Windows Server 2008 RODCs
    
    
  • Plan the Hub Site Deployment
    
    
• Plan DNS Servers for Branch Office Environments
  
  
• Plan Global Catalog Servers