How to Create and Configure Site Links ?

Monday, August 24, 2009

You create site links in Active Directory to map connections between two or more sites. When you configure site links, you can define the site link properties, which include the cost, replication interval, schedule, and sites that the link is associated with.
To create a site link, perform the following steps:
1. In Active Directory Sites and Services, expand Sites, expand Inter-Site Transports, right-click IP or SMTP, depending on which protocol the site link you will use, and then click New Site Link.
2. In the Name box, type a name for the link.
3. Click two or more sites to connect, click Add, and then click OK.
To configure site links, perform the following steps:
1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services, expand Sites, expand Inter-Site Transports, and then click IP or SMTP, depending on which protocol the site link is configured to use.
2. Right-click the site link, and then click Properties.
3. On the General page of the Properties dialog box, change the values for site associations, cost, replication interval, and schedule as required, and then click OK.
4. Perform one of the following as appropriate:
 In the Sites not in this site link box, click the site you want to add, and then click Add.
 In the Sites in this site link box, click the site you want removed and then click Remove.
 In the Cost box, enter a value for the cost of replication.
5. Click Change Schedule, select the block of time you want to schedule, and then click either Replication Not Available or Replication Available, and then click OK.