Windows Server 2012 : Administering Active Directory using Windows PowerShell (part 3) - Performing an advanced Active Directory administration task

Create a new site named Branch-Office-One for the Bellevue location.

Create a new site link named Hub-to-Branch-Office-One to enable replication to occur between the two sites.

Move one of the two domain controllers from Default-First-Site-Name to Branch-Office-One.

List all the sites that currently exist in the domain:

PS C:\> Get-ADReplicationSite -Filter * | ft Name

Name
----
Default-First-Site-Name

List all the domain controllers in the domain:

PS C:\> Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | ft Hostname

Hostname
--------
SEA-SRV-1.corp.contoso.com
SEA-SRV-5.corp.contoso.com

Create a new site named Branch-Office-One:

PS C:\> New-ADReplicationSite Branch-Office-One

Verify the creation of the new site:

PS C:\> Get-ADReplicationSite -Filter * | ft Name

Name
----
Default-First-Site-Name
Branch-Office-One

Create a new site link between the two sites, and enable the change-notification process for replication:

PS C:\> New-ADReplicationSiteLink 'Hub-to-Branch-Office-One' `
-SitesIncluded Default-First-Site-Name,Branch-Office-One `
-OtherAttributes @{'options'=1}

Specify the cost and replication frequency for the new site link:

PS C:\>Set-ADReplicationSiteLink Hub-to-Branch-Office-One `
-Cost 100 -ReplicationFrequencyInMinutes 15

Verify the results by viewing the properties of the new site link:

PS C:\>Get-ADReplicationSiteLink -Filter {Name -eq "Hub-to-Branch-Office-One"}

Cost                          : 100
DistinguishedName             : CN=Hub-to-Branch-Office-One,CN=IP,CN=Inter-Site
                                Transports,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,
                                DC=corp,DC=contoso,DC=com
Name                          : Hub-to-Branch-Office-One
ObjectClass                   : siteLink
ObjectGUID                    : f9df8b3c-f8bc-4ca9-b082-09655e14c80b
ReplicationFrequencyInMinutes : 15
SitesIncluded                 : {CN=Branch-Office-One,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,
                                DC=corp,DC=contoso,DC=com,CN=Default-First-
                                Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=corp,
                                DC=contoso,DC=com}

Move domain controller SEA-SRV-5 from the hub site to the branch office site:

PS C:\> Get-ADDomainController SEA-SRV-5.corp.contoso.com | `
Move-ADDirectoryServer -Site Branch-Office-One

Verify that the domain controller has been moved to the branch office site:

PS C:\> Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | ft Hostname,Site

Hostname                           Site
--------                           ----
SEA-SRV-1.corp.contoso.com         Default-First-Site-Name
SEA-SRV-5.corp.contoso.com         Branch-Office-One