How does replication work in Active Directory

There is a counter in RootDSE:

When we change an object RootDSE counter increments and its value is assigned to the object counter:

Do not forgеt to check the following to see Attribute Editor tab:

1 Response to How does replication work in Active Directory

  1. dmitriano says:

    In fact, each attribute has a counter, which we can see through the attributes msDS-ReplActributeMetadata and msDS-ReplValueMetadata.

    the version of the attribute is stored there, and on which DC the attribute was changed and the time of the change.

    in other words, the DC does not transmit the entire modified object, but only those attributes of the object that have changed.

    I would call the article Active Directory Replication simplified

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