Step 5: Determine Your Strategy for Deploying RODCs to Branch Offices

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

There are a few different ways in which you can deploy read-only domain controllers (RODCs) to branch offices. The following topics describe some common scenarios for deploying RODCs and the steps that you perform to complete an RODC deployment:

• Deploy an RODC to a Branch Office That Currently Has No Domain Controller

• Replace a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller in a Branch Office with a Windows Server 2008 RODC

• Upgrade a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller in a Branch Office and Make It an RODC