How to Make a Global Catalog Server
- 1). Open your Microsoft Management Console and click "Active Directory Sites and Services."
- 2). Open the "Sites" pane where you wish to create a global catalog server out of one of your domain controllers. Click the "Servers" and "Server Object" containers.
- 3). Right-click "NTDS" setting and select "Properties." Make a check within the box next to "Global Catalog" and click "OK." You have now made a global catalog server.
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