While sites do provide a mechanism for making replication efficient, network conditions may preclude replicating unneeded data across slow network links. Migration details are discussed in detail later. If at all possible, avoid creating domains based on divisions, departments, or groups. A good design should withstand company reorganizations without having to restructure your domain hierarchy. Business reorganization is very frequent within companies today.
Domains based on political silos offer little functional benefit.
A frequent use of OUs will be to provide scope for resource administration. The easiest method of policy application is by OU, but an OU created strictly for policy might be confusing. The administration of terminal users would be best handled through group membership. Summary This information gives you a good start in previewing Windows 2000 components and concepts that will be helpful in the planning process. Lance Cason is a Microsoft NT and BackOffice support engineer in the HP Response Center in Roseville, California.