Using “DCPROMO /ADV” to Promote Remote Domain Controllers
KB ID 0000106 Problem For everyone that’s ever sat in a server room/cupboard and had to wait for a server to replicate active directory from a remote site, you will appreciate just how helpful the /ADV switch is when creating a domain controller. What does it do? Well Basically it lets you build a domain controller from a backed up copy of active directory, so after a reboot the new domain controller only has to replicate the...