My client has a main office with 1 server on Windows Server 2012 Essentials running file services and they also have a remote office connected via router VPN. Currently 18 users total. I would like to put a 2nd Domain Controller in
the remote office on the same domain but can't seem to find a good solution for this. 2012 Essentials only allows 1 of itself on the same network. 2012 Foundation only supports 15 users and says that it can only be on the root of the forest
and domain as a domain controller (same as essentials). Possibly 2012 Standard would work but this seems like a costly solution and overkill. The reason behind the 2nd server in the remote office is that I'm setting up DFSR so that when they are
working with shared files it will be quick. The bulk of the users are in the main office and they use the shared file space but the bulk of the work with the shared file space is done at the remote office. I suppose I could forgo setting
up the 2nd server as a 2nd domain controller and only use it for DFSR but since I need to have a 2nd server I just thought it would be nice to have a duplicate domain controller for backup and not have to rely on going over the wire for authentication
at the remote office. The remote office is limited on their Internet bandwidth capability due to provider coverage so putting the files on the cloud isn't going to help plus the files are very sensitive in content. Both sites work heavily with
shared files and the files are small in size but numerous and the read and write of those files has to be fast because they are constantly adding, changing, and reading. Thanks in advance for any solution someone might have!
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