Wednesday, 1 January 2014

What is Global Catalog?

Global catalog server


  • It act as a index of Active directory object
  • it contain subset of all objects.
  • windows server 2008 make all sever as a Global Catalog server By default
  • Global catalog server require more space and more bandwidth.
  • Global catalog server allows forest wide search


port for global catalog: 3267
port for LDAP: 389

microsft exchange requires Global catalog server for authentication process
GC are need for load balancing


How to configure sever as a global catalog server..
Start-->Active Directory users and computers-->domain controllers-->select your domain-->properties--> tick server as a global catalog server

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