DRAG DROP
Your network contains an Active Directory forest. The forest contains a single domain named contoso.com.
The forest contains two Active Directory sites named Main and Branch1. The sites connect to each other by
using a site link named Main-Branch1. There are no other site links.
Each site contains several domain controllers. All domain controllers run Windows Server 2012 R2. Your
company plans to open a new branch site named Branch2. The new site will have a WAN link that connects to
the Main site only. The site will contain two domain controllers that run Windows Server 2012 R2.
You need to create a new site and a new site link for Branch2. The solution must ensure that the domain
controllers in Branch2 only replicate to the domain controllers in Branch1 if all of the domain controllers in Main
are unavailable.
Which three actions should you perform?
To answer, move the three appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in
the correct order.
Select and Place:

Answer:

Explanation:
SO…the first part of this answer is:
1. Create a new site object named Branch2
*When you create the new site Branch2 you will be prompted to associate it with a site link…right now we only
have one site link (Main-Branch1). Hit Finish2. Remove Branch2 site from the Main-Branch1 Site Link
*In order to move a site into a new site link, you must first remove them from their previous site link….In this
case Branch2 was put in Main-Branch1 when we create the new site because we didn’t have another site link to
associate the new site with at the time we created it.
3. Create a new site link object named Main-Branch2
*When you create the site link object you will be asked to place the appropriate sites in this link…choose Main
and Branch 2
Because we are using Interstice topology replication, ISTG (similar to KCC with Intrasite) will build a logical
transitive connection path between all site links because site link bridge is enabled by default and is a Microsoft
best practice to leave this default.
By default a site link has a default cost of 100 so the Main-Branch1 site cost 100. Since we do not have a site
link established from Branch2 – Branch1, ISTG will create a logical patch that travels along the Main-Branch2
site link (cost 100) and through Main-Branch1 site link(cost 100) to establish replication connection in the event
the least cost path goes down. Since the logical path =200, Branch2 will only replicate with Branch1 if the site
link to the Main Site goes down.