70-294 Concept: FSMO > Infrastructure Master

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Here are the design considerations surrounding the FSMO Role: Infrastructure Master:

  • This FSMO is responsible for tracking object changes in Active Directory
  • Like to be with the RID (since you place the RID where most changes occur)
  • Should not be on a GC Server, unless GC is installed on all DCs

Exam Alert: In general FSMO Roles should never be placed “anywhere”, they should always be placed somewhere intentionally; yet there are sometimes the “best answer” is “any other domain controller”.