Delegate Active Directory Site Topology Administration

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

Configuring the site topology for the forest starts when the forest owner delegates administration of the Active Directory sites and site topology to the site topology owner.

To delegate Active Directory site topology administration in your environment

  1. Create a global group named SiteAdmins in the forest root domain.

  2. Add administrative users to the SiteAdmins global group.

    Note

    • The user accounts that you add must reside in the forest root domain. If you want to add users from regional domains to this group, it must be a universal group, and the forest root domain and the regional domain must be operating at the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 native or Windows Server 2003 functional level.

  3. In Active Directory Sites and Services, right-click the Sites node, and then click Delegate Control.

  4. Complete the Delegation of Control Wizard to delegate Full Control of the Sites node to SiteAdmins.