Planning AD Design (2/6) One Or More Forests

• All domains in a forest share a common schema and global catalog

• Create multiple forests if:

  • Separate schemas are required
  • One or more domains are required to be isolated from the spanning tree of transitive trusts
  • Total administrative autonomy is required

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Multiple forests may be needed to meet the needs of different parts of our organization or business partners