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What is the Global Catalog?

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Question added by Muhammad Anzar , DevOps/DevSecOps Architect , Confidential
Date Posted: 2015/02/07
Jiyad Mundoly
by Jiyad Mundoly , Network Engineer , Future Group

Global Catalog contains searchable, partial representation of every object in every domain in a multidomain forest. This makes searches faster and saves data BW. Hope this helps

The global catalog is a distributed data repository that facilitates searches and logins in an Active Directory forest

     

Mohyiddin Al_berjawi
by Mohyiddin Al_berjawi , IT Manager , Trilliumholding

A global catalog is a domain controller that stores a copy of all Active Directory objects in a forest.

Mahmoud Yousry Mahmoud Diab
by Mahmoud Yousry Mahmoud Diab , Technical Support Engineer , Metro Markets for Trading & Distribution

global catalog stores a full copy of all objects in the directory for its host domain and a partial copy of all objects for all other domains in the forest

pratheesh k
by pratheesh k , Consultant , VMware EUC & AirWatch , Acuative

its writable domain directory partition of replica. Also stores a partial read-only replica of all other domain directory partitions in the forest.

Tajamul TJ
by Tajamul TJ , Network Administrator , Capital University of Science & Technology

Global Catalog in any Microsoft Server Domain Controller is the set of all the services of Active Directory Domain Service

Hamza KHEDADJI
by Hamza KHEDADJI , Senior System and Cloud Engineer , Neptune Energy

GC is a PAS of Active Directory attributes, it is used as an index for all of AD object. 

Mohamed Zaki
by Mohamed Zaki , Senior Systems Engineer , Cairo Financial Holding - Financial Services - Stock Broking

Global Catalog is the master searchable index to all objects in forest.For example, if you make a search for all of the printers in a forest, this search goes to global catalog server.

Ruben Dela Peña
by Ruben Dela Peña , IT Technical Support Engineer , Eurotech ME DMCC

A domain controller that stores a copy of all Active Directory. also stores a partial, read-only replica of all other domain directory partitions in the forest.

Mehboob  Ali
by Mehboob Ali , Microsoft Consultant , Royal Technology Solution

The global catalog is the set of all objects in an Active Directory Domain Services. A global catalog server is a domain controller that stores a full copy of all objects in the directory for its host domain and a partial, read-only copy of all objects for all other domains in the forest.

Vinod Nawal
by Vinod Nawal , Global System & VoIP Administrator , Move One Relocations

Global catalog is a domain controller that keeps information of all Active Directory Objects and partial information about their attributes.

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