small IIS web farm-create an Active Directory domain or no?

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Published on 2011-01-03T19:49:06Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 21:55 UTC
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We have a smallish web farm of < 5 Windows 2008 servers. Some do data, most do IIS hosting. Is it a good/bad idea to set up a domain controller and put all in the same "production" domain?

We want to avoid a world where we have to sync multiple admin passwords between the boxes (or share admin credentials among the team).

Presumably, the DC would be just another VM, so hardware cost doesn't enter into the discussion.

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small IIS web farm-create an Active Directory domain or no?

Posted by brian b on Pro Webmasters See other posts from Pro Webmasters or by brian b
Published on 2011-01-03T19:49:06Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 19:59 UTC
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We have a smallish web farm of < 5 Windows 2008 servers. Some do data, most do IIS hosting. Is it a good/bad idea to set up a domain controller and put all in the same "production" domain?

We want to avoid a world where we have to sync multiple admin passwords between the boxes (or share admin credentials among the team).

Presumably, the DC would be just another VM, so hardware cost doesn't enter into the discussion.

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